Norma

Normas had an unforgetable smile. It was like a burst of sunshine. You never failed to see it when you saw her. The years we knew each other when John and Dean were working together house some of my best memories. John and I fishing with them at Reelfoot lake, canoeing a river somewhere or just at the lake with our families. I remember asking Norma if she would go with me to the hospital for the birth of our first child. She said she would. Things did not go well. Her expertize started the baby breathing and she gently placed him in a rock-a-bed incubator. That baby is now 47 and a doctor.
She gave those who knew her more than they could ever give back. Even as she finished her life she did all she could to make those about her comfortable. She always said things are fine when we knew they weren't. Her smile was always there. She was always involved with her family. Dean and Amy and Beth were the joys of her life. Her girls smiles found some of their mothers. Their lives reflect a mothers love and devotion.
Norma had courage and grit.
She was special.
She will be missed.