May 4, 1935 (Flowing Well Saskatchewan)
- April 4, 2012 (Vernon BC)
After a lengthy illness and courageous battle, “Uncle” Norman was called home to be with his Lord and Saviour, and to finally walk again with his mother, father, and brothers: Richard, Bob, and Ed.
Norm leaves behind sisters: Ruth (Art) Niessen, Irmgarde (Gene) Hawkins, Edith (Don) Osborne, and Charlotte (Dan) Friesen; brothers: Walt (Lorena) Crocker, and Bill (Grace) Crocker; sister-in-law Grace Crocker and their respective children and grandchildren.
Leaving Saskatchewan with his family at an early age, Norm attended school in Vancouver and Abbotsford. In his late teens, Norm went north to the Yukon before returning to the Lower Mainland to help his family. They eventually located to the Cariboo where Norm made his home at Canim Lake for the next 40+ years, working variously as a miner, hunter, farmer and rancher.
He leaves behind many friends and acquaintances made over those years. He retired to Clinton and most recently Falkland before being hospitalized in Vernon.
Interment at 1:00 p.m. on June 9, 2012, at Langley Lawn Cemetery, corner of 208th Street and 44th Avenue, Langley, B.C. Memorial Service and luncheon immediately following at Langley Presbyterian Church basement, 1/2 block east of 208th Street on 44th Avenue.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Norm’s memory to the North Okanagan Hospice Society and the Union
Gospel Mission.