| A well-known Rosedale woman, Nona M. Norman, 76, who resided in Elyria Ohio, was discovered dead in Steer Creek last weekend near the Norman family farm.
She was the wife of noted genealogist and historian Donald E. Norman, they were married 56 years.
Family members indicated Ms. Norman had been helping her husband with yard work, and apparently took ill and wandered to the creek.
She was born November 19, 1933 in Clay County, and graduated from Clay County High School in 1952.
She was formerly employed by the Elyria City Schools and by Northern Ohio Regional Resource Center in Oberlin from where she retired.
She was a member of First United Presbyterian Church in Elyria, and an amateur radio operator with call letters NBCKS, she has also been a volunteer for Project Joy.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by a sister, Nina M. Brown of Elyria.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Alfred and Frona Sams; sisters, Shirley Farmer and Malissa Kerr and brothers, Clotten, George and Adrian Sams.
Visitation will be Friday, March 12 from 5 to 7 p.m. and also from 10 a.m. until the time of an 11 a.m. service at Dicken Funeral Home, 323 Middle Avenue, Elyria.
Reverend Rick Stein will officiate. Burial will be in Brookdale Cemetery, Elyria.
A memorial service will be held at the Steer Creek Church of Christ, Rosedale Rd. on April 10 at 10 a.m.
Memorial contributions may be made to First United Presbyterian Church, 200 East Avenue, Elyria, Ohio 44035 or a charity of your choice.
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