Jean E. Norman

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Jean E. Norman of Saint Simons Island, Georgia, passed away at Hospice of the Golden Isles, Brunswick, Ga. on Tuesday, April 3, 2012. She was 82.

A native of Wilkes-Barre, Mrs. Norman was born on August 1, 1929, to the late Frederick and Edith Pepperling.

She is a graduate of GAR High School, Wilkes-Barre. She enjoyed attending many class reunions. Mrs. Norman worked at Deemer’s, an office supply store, and as a cigarette girl at the Sterling Hotel in the 1940s. She also worked in the family fair and carnival concessions businesses, traveling throughout the Northeast to firemen’s carnivals and county and state fairs. Later she worked with her husband in their business, F.C. Norman Manufacturing Inc.

She was a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church, Wilkes-Barre.

Mrs. Norman moved in 1976 to Brunswick, Ga., and later to Saint Simons Island, Ga., where she enjoyed a wide circle of friends. She became an avid bridge player and enjoyed gardening and bingo. She attended church services at Lovely Lane Chapel at Epworth-by-the-Sea.

Mrs. Norman was predeceased by her husband, Francis C. Norman; her siblings Fred Pepperling, Marie Broderick, James Pepperling, Doris Wolfle, Ruth Wright, Elmer Pepperling, and Marion Paugh.

Her survivors include her daughter Dianne Woodie, Saint Simons Island, Ga.; son, David Norman, Waverly, Ga.; daughter Elizabeth Norman and her life partner, Mary Anna Hite, Pembroke, Ga.; grandchildren, Ed Bachstein, Duryea; Robin Johnstone, Blackwood, N.J.; one great-grandchild, Georgia, Blackwood, N.J.; brother Robert Pepperling, Ashley; several nieces and nephews.

A memorial service will be held Saturday, April 21, at 11 a.m. in the Lovely Lane Chapel at Epworth-by-the-Sea, Saint Simons Island, Ga.

In lieu of flowers, please consider making a donation to Epworth-by-the-Sea, P.O. Box 20407, St. Simons Island, GA 31522, or Hospice of the Golden Isles Inc., 1692 Glynco Parkway, Brunswick, GA 31525, or a charity of your choice.