Robert W. Norrick

EATON, IN ROBERT W. (BOB) NORRICK, 86, passed away, 12:35 p.m. Friday, August 21, 2009 in the Muncie Health Care & Rehabilitation Center. The son of Robert Wayne and Bessie Anne (Innis) Norrick, he was born June 5, 1923 in Tipton County, Indiana. A 1941 graduate of Eaton High School, he married Vernice Lewellen, on February 20, 1943 in Eaton. A Navy Veteran of WWII, he retired in 1977 from Warner Gear after 30 years of employment. Bob was an active and long time member of the Eaton United Methodist Church, where he served as Trustee and on various committees. A 50 year member of the Eaton Lodge #606 F&AM, where he served as Master in 1969; was a member of the Scottish Rite- Valley of Ft. Wayne, Past Associate Guardian of Jobs Daughters, and had also worked at Lake View Golf Course for 12 years. Bob was a member of the WGE Credit Union, where he served on the Board of Directors for 29 years. Bob had also worked part time for Pitman-Richman Funeral Home for over 20 years, retiring in 2005. His surviving family include his wife of 66 years, Vernice Norrick, daughters, Cheryl McKinley (husband, Mike), Eaton, Susan (Susie) DeVault (husband, Jack) Tipton, sister, Jane Huffman (husband, William), Eaton, granddaughter, Amy Vandergriff (husband, Tim), Tipton, great-grandson Brayden Vandergriff, and sister-in-law Sue Norrick, Gaston, as well as several nieces and nephews. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, Dick Norrick in 1995 and Jack Norrick in 2007. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, August 25, 2009 in the Pitman-Richman Funeral Home, 200 S. Hartford St., Eaton with Pastor Dave Mantor and Pastor Keith Williams presiding. Private burial will be in Gardens of Memory, Muncie. Friends may call from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. Monday, August 24 with a Masonic Service starting at 7:00 p.m. and from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Tuesday. Memorials may be made to the Eaton United Methodist Church P.O. Box 411, Eaton, IN 47338 or A.R.F., (Animal Rescue Fund) 1209 W. Riggin Rd. Muncie, IN 47303.

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