Mildred S. Norris (1907-2009)

NORRIS, SIBLEY, BLENUS, DANFORTH

Posted By: Nevada Journal
Date: 10/28/2009 at 09:03:16

THE NEVADA JOURNAL, Nevada, Story County, Iowa, Thursday, October 22, 2009.

Nevada – Mildred S. Norris, 102, died Thursday, October 15, 2009 at Story County Long Term Care, Nevada, Iowa.

Services were held Tuesday, October 20th at the Nevada Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Nevada. Inurnment will be at the Resthaven Cemetery in Glendale, Arizona. Memorials may be made to the Nevada First Christian (Disciples of Christ) Church.

Mildred was born August 6, 1907 at Worcester, MA, the daughter of Harry and Harriet (Blenus) Sibley. She obtained her BA degree from Oberlin College, Ohio in 1929. She married Frederick St. Clair Danforth, Sr. on August 8, 1931. He preceded her in death in 1939. She then attended Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Philadelphia and graduated with a MRE in 1943. She married Lyman Worcester Norris on September 10, 1945. He preceded her in death on August 15, 1992.

Mildred was Dean of Women at Ottawa University in Ottawa, Kansas from 1943 to 1945. She worked as a Quality Controller for the Arizona Department of Social Services retiring in 1976.

She is survived by three sons: Frederick St. Clair and Luetta Danforth of Mineral Wells, TX, Timothy Dwight Norris of Ontario, NY; John David and Denise Norris of Charlotte, NC; 9 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren and 9 great-great-grandchildren.

Mildred was preceded in death by her parents; husbands; three sisters one of which was her twin, one brother; and a daughter-in-law: Charlene Norris.

Bacon Funeral Home and Crematory handled arrangements.

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