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Norma HendersonA Celebration of Her Life
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“Well you must have been a beautiful baby…”
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• Norma’s family did not have electricity or running water until she was about 16.
• Can you imagine hauling all the water you use in buckets? Or doing homework by a kerosene lamp?
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• Norma burned her hands on a space heater when she was about two.
• This led to a series of operations to repair the tendons and to graft skin on her hands.
• The operations were paid for by the Rotary Club. She visited the Selinsgrove, PA Rotary club a few years ago and thanked them for their help.
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Norma Starts SchoolAge 9 Age 12
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High School
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Check out the Hair Styles!We’re in the ’60’s now!
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Norma went to Vietnam
• Her brother was working in Vietnam for a construction company.
• Norma was looking for adventure.• And there were all those American men there!
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Norma lived in a luxurious “villa” in Vietnam with Freddy, her dog
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It was in Vietnam where she met Lt. McDreamy (Mike Henderson)
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Mike and Norma were married in 1972 after returning to the US
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We began married life in New Orleans
New Orleans
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But soon moved to Washington, DC
New Orleans
Washington,DC
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Norma painted the outside of our Virginia house by herself
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She received her BS degree from George Mason in 1977
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And then we moved to San Jose
New Orleans
Washington,DC
San Jose
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Norma in Northern California
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After a couple of years in San Jose, we moved to Largo, FL
New Orleans
Washington,DC
San Jose
Largo
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Our house in Florida
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In Florida we hosted foreign students
Hiroko, Jim, Kenji, Norma, Pusser, and Mike Kenji’s parents visit with Mike & Norma
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Norma at Jim’s college graduation
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Here with Yoshiko Monden
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We traveled for Vacations…
In Vermont in 1983 In Moscow in 1995
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…Including a cruise of the Baltic
Oslo
Berlin
On board ship
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And a Trip to Japan
On the way
In Kyoto
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After 17 years in Florida, we moved to SoCal
New Orleans
Washington,DC
San Jose
LargoTustin
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She began tutoring adults in English
Cooking classCarving pumpkins
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She became active in Tustin AAUW
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More Tustin AAUW pictures
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We took a Mediterranean cruise
Norma, all dressed up
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And an Alaskan Cruise
All Aboard!!
With Mike’s brother, Boyle, and his wife, Cindy
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And visited London and Paris
In front of Sacre Coeur
At the Queen’s Quarters
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Norma was diagnosed with lung disease and received a lung
transplant in 2004
Norma with Dr. Saggar, her pulmonologist
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A Truly Beautiful LadyRest in Peace