Norma Clark Stromberg

Norma Clark Stromberg

Norma Clark Stromberg, devoted wife, mother, grandmother and civic booster, peacefully passed away on October 26, 2026. Norma was born on February 25, 1928 in Farmington, Utah to Grant Steed Clark and Ida Frances Smith Clark. She was the fourth of five children – Lorraine (Buck), Merline (Leaming), Helen (Dean) and Howard Clark. Norma spent her childhood years in Farmington and moved to Salt Lake City with her family shortly before attending East High School.

She continued her education at the University of Utah where she earned a BS degree. While at the “U” she joined the Pi Beta Phi sorority and developed lifelong friendships with her sorority sisters. She often lunched with her Pi Phi sisters and later in life she traveled with several of them to Europe and Asia.

After graduating from the U, Norma worked at a bank in downtown Salt Lake City where she met George Thomas Stromberg. Norma and George courted while he finished his degree at the University of Utah, after which they married in the Salt Lake LDS Temple and moved to Cambridge, MA where George received an MBA from Harvard Business School.

After George received his MBA, Norma and George spent 10 happy years in the San Francisco Bay Area where George built his career at Merrill Lynch. Norma was beautiful, George was handsome and they were very much a couple building a full married life together. Norma’s three children – Tom, Clark and Ann – were born in the Bay Area and spent their early years there. Norma was active in the Palo Alto LDS Ward and civic organizations in and around the Stanford community. She attended classes at Stanford University so that her sons could attend the Stanford nursery school. In her later years, Norma would often speak of the beauty of Northern California and the many friends and fond memories she and her family enjoyed there.

Norma and George moved to Salt Lake City when George became the Manager of the Merrill Lynch office. In addition to raising their three children, Norma made significant contributions to the Salt Lake community and the University of Utah. She was a member of Assistance League, the Symphony Guild, Town Club, and the Education Research Development Committee of the University of Utah. She was also a docent at the LDS Church Office Building and Chairman of the Board of the Museum of Fine Arts at the University of Utah. Norma helped guide several of these organizations through difficult challenges with positive results. She took pride in the civic work she did and the contributions she made.

Norma kept a beautiful home and immaculate garden in both Menlo Park and Salt Lake City. Her children grew up in lovely surroundings and learned to appreciate beauty and design. Her home and garden in Menlo Park were featured in Sunset Magazine and her award winning mid-century modern home and garden in Salt Lake City were on several garden tours. Norma entertained with elegance and style. Her 63-year marriage to George was happy. After George’s passing, Norma often spoke of her love and appreciation of George, the full life they spent together and the family they nurtured.

Norma was preceded in death by her parents, husband and grandson Michael Stromberg. She is survived by her sons Tom Stromberg (Lorie Winder) and Clark Stromberg (Laurel Brown) and daughter Ann Brown (Scott), grandchildren Chris Stromberg (Megan Gray), Melissa Wood (Chris), Thomas Brown (Annie), Victoria Roberts (Jacob), Mitchell Brown, Stephen Stromberg (Alexandra Petri) and Elizabeth Chernia (Tomer) and great grandchildren Kamden Wood, Brielle Wood, Marjorie Stromberg, Sophie Brown, Gracie Brown, Emma Stromberg and Thomas Stromberg. She was preceded in death by her sisters and survived by her brother Howard Clark.

Donations in Norma’s memory can be made to the Museum of Fine Arts at the University of Utah.