Norma L. Work

1934 - 2023

Norma L. Work obituary, 1934-2023, Brockport , PA

Norma L. Work

1934 - 2023

BORN

1934

DIED

2023

Norma Work Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers on Apr. 1, 2023.
Norma L. Work, 88, of Route 219, Brockport, PA, died on Thursday, March 30, 2023, at the DuBois Nursing Home.

Born on June 27, 1934, in Brookville, PA, she was the daughter of the late Walter and Gladys Carr Snyder.

On December 25, 1953, she was married to Herbert A. Work and he preceded her in death on February 3, 2018.

Retired, Norma had been employed as a young woman at the Holiday Inn in DuBois as a maid and later she worked at Christ the King Manor. As her children came along she became more and more of a homemaker and a mother. She was Methodist by faith. Norma enjoyed bowling and served as a cub scout den mother for many many years. She also enjoyed teaching and playing baseball in the back yard with all of her children.

She is survived by a son, Wayne Work of Brockport; a daughter, Carrie (Timothy) McDole, also of Brockport; a son, Raymond (Maureen) Work of Clemmons, NC; a son, Gregory Work of Jimtown, PA; four sisters: Helen (Dave) Day of Falls Creek; Dorothy Bish of Hawthorne, PA; Judy Stickling of Arkansas and Carol (Bob) Day of Reynoldsville. She is also survived by seven grandchildren; four great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandson.

In addition to her parents and her husband, she was also preceded in death by a son, Ralph Work, six sisters: Betty, Ruth, Mary Jane, Peggy, Janet, Doris; and three brothers: Wayne, Lawrence and Gene.

Calling hours will be on Tuesday, April 4, 2023 from 2-4 p.m. at the Shugarts Funeral Home Inc. in Brockway. A funeral service will immediately follow at 4 p.m. with Rev. Terry Felt officiating. Burial will be in Parklawn Memorial Gardens in Ridgway. Memorial donations may be made to Fresenius Kidney Care, 5730 Shaffer Road (Sandy Plaza), DuBois, PA 15801. Online condolences may be left at csfhinc.com.

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