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Dr. Roy H. Norris

Wichita, Kansas

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Norris, Dr. Roy H., 78, retired Engineering Department Chairman at Wichita State University, passed away Thursday, November 27, 2008. Roy was an avid fisherman and wielded a bamboo pole as expertly as any on a pro-circuit. He was a member of numerous engineering honor societies including "Bender...

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Thank you to all of you who sent your sympathy's about my father. They are truly comforting to my mother and i at this time of sadness.

My sympathy to his family. He was an amazing professor, a noble man and the world's a lesser place with his passing.

Dear Aunt Pat and Family,

Mom greatly loved Uncle Ears. She used to tell me how they would shadow box as kids. She told how they would both memorize something before all of their other classmates. There was two years between in them ages, but they were more like fraternal twins. I want to say without God giving me Uncle Ears I probably wouldn't be a teacher right now. Uncle Ears fought alongside my mom to guarantee that I received an education like everyone. I am sorry that I was not...

I attended Parsons Junior College when Roy returned from service to further his schooling. He always wore army fatigues, often they were patched, but always clean. What a brilliant and off-beat mind! :-) A great example of what hard work and dedication can accomplish. Truly a good man I am blessed to have known.