EATON, IN
Iva Vernice Norrick, 93,
passed away on February 28, 2016 at Signature Health Care in Muncie.
Vernice was born on September
10, 1922 in Delaware County to Walter and Dorothy (Smoot) Lewellen. She was a graduate of Eaton High School,
class of 1941. On February 20, 1943, she
married Robert Norrick in Eaton.
Together they would raise their two daughters and live the majority of
their lives in Eaton.
Vernice was a homemaker but
worked for JC Penny’s and also for The Family Store in Eaton. She was a long-time member of the Eaton United
Methodist Church and the United Methodist Women.
She is survived by her
daughters, Cheryl McKinley (husband, Mike), Susie DeVault (husband, Jack), a brother, Lavon Lewellen
(wife, Wanda), half-brothers; Dick Haggard (wife, Barb), and Ron Haggard (wife,
Karen), granddaughter, Amy Vandergriff, a great-grandson, Brayden Vandergriff,
as well as several nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents
and husband Robert Norrick, Vernice was preceded in death by a brother, David
Allen Lewellen and her step-father Clark Haggard.
Funeral services will be held
at 1:00 pm on Wednesday, March 2, 2016 at Pitman-Richman Funeral Home, 200 S.
Hartford St., Eaton with Brian Waters officiating. Burial will follow in Gardens of Memory
Cemetery in Muncie.
Visitation for friends and
family will be on Wednesday at the funeral home, from 11:00 am until 1:00
pm.
Memorials may be made in her
name to the Eaton United Methodist Church P.O. Box 158, Eaton, IN, 47338. or the Eaton
Public Library, P.O. Box 124, Eaton, IN 47338.
Vernice’s family would like
to thank the entire staff of Signature Health Care for the excellent care and
compassion they received.
Online condolences may be
left for the family at www.watersfuneralhomes.com
