Roger Lee Norton (1937-2020)

NORTON, HURT, WUNDER

Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 12/11/2020 at 20:26:44

Roger L. Norton passed away Wednesday, 25 Nov. 2020, after a short illness. The world lost a beloved fellow: husband, father, grandfather, uncle and a wonderful friend, along with being the most humble person on earth.

While he left us much too soon, we are so blessed to have shared part of his 83 years. Due to the current health pandemic, a Mass of Christian Burial with a celebration following will be held in the spring of 2021. By visiting Goettschonline.com you may sign the guestbook and share your thoughts, memories and condolences with Roger’s family.

Roger Lee Norton was born June 6, 1937 in Anamosa, to Neil and Jessie (Hurt) Norton. He attended Anamosa schools from kindergarten through 12th grade. He loved every second of his education and until the day he died was a very proud member of the High School Class of 1955. In January of 1960 he was inducted into the U.S. Army and began proudly serving his country. While home on leave in April of that year, he was united in marriage to Mary Wunder on April 4, 1960. She was the love of his life and he was hers. He then was sent to Ft. Eustis, Va. where Mary joined him in July of that year. He was honorably discharged in April of 1962, after their twin sons were born. Returning to Iowa, he began working at Collins Radio and attended the University of Iowa. He graduated in 1970 with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree. He went on to become the Human Resources Vice President, at Evergreen Packaging, retiring in 2000.

He was an extremely proud Iowa Hawkeye fan. As a season ticket holder for 50 years, he attended many of the home, away, and bowl games across the country. He absolutely loved playing golf at both Wapsipinicon and Elmcrest Country Clubs, with all of his buddies. He truly loved sports of any kind. He was an avid reader and whenever he was in his chair, he had a book in his hands. Nothing gave him more pleasure than getting together with his long time Anamosa buddies and talking about all their wild and crazy tales growing up and beyond.