Norman Harold Dupin

Norman Harold Dupin, 87, passed away Sunday, Sept. 29, 2019.

Mr. Dupin was born and raised in Eastview. He was a 1950 graduate of Lynnvale High School. He opted to pass on a scholarship in basketball to Lindsay Wilson College to marry his sweetheart, Edith. They worked the family farm along-side his father and mother enabling to purchase their first home in Stephensburg, where they welcomed their first child one year thereafter. The house eventually became the home of Edith's parents, Alonzo and Dollie Nugent. He was a hard-working businessman and carpenter. He single handedly built four of the family's five homes and had a passion for all projects in home improvement, landscaping and as a collector. He started at Western Auto in 1952, where he worked more than 30 years, initially changing batteries working his way up to management and eventually ownership.

He and Edith retired to Florida and most recently he moved back to Elizabethtown residing with his daughter, husband and Jake, beloved family pet.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Edith K. Nugent Dupin; a daughter, Netella K. Davidson (Jim); his parents, Hazel and Ida Mae Dupin; and a sister, Velma Goodman.

He leaves behind a brother, Eugene (Sally); a son, Jackie (Carol); a daughter, Robynn (Lance); a sister-in-law, Julia Richardson (Glenn); and a son-in-law, Jim (Joan); six grandchildren, Amy, Lisa (Doug), Dottie (Josh), Adam (Christy), Calley and Lindsay (AJ); and nine great-grandchildren, Nick, Erika, Natalie, Alexis, Gabrielle, Hunter, Tyler, Cadence and Serenity.

The funeral is at 1 p.m. Friday, Oct. 4, at Memorial United Methodist Church in Elizabethtown with the Rev. Neil Janes officiating. Burial follows in Elizabethtown Memorial Gardens.

Visitation is from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday and continues at 10 a.m. Friday at Brown Funeral Home in Elizabethtown.

Donations can be made to PAWS Shelter Foundation Inc