Sunday, February 28, 2016

Iva Vernice Norrick


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