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Richard L. Norris

1/1/1936 - 3/23/2014


Obituary


Richard L. Norris, age 78, of Rowan died Sunday March 23, 2014 at the Rehabilitation Center of Belmond.

Funeral services for Richard L. Norris will be held Friday March 28, 2014 at the Graceland Cemetery near Rowan. There will be a brief gathering of family at 2:00 P.M. Friday, at Dugger Funeral Home, 111 Luick’s Lane South in Belmond before preceding the cemetery. Burial will take place in the Graceland Cemetery.

Richard was born in Rowan on January 1, 1936 and graduated from Rowan High School. He went on to study anthropology and criminology at the University of Iowa, and remained in Iowa City after receiving his bachelor's degree. Richard worked at the University of Iowa Hospital while working toward advanced degrees in the university's post-graduate program, and he later worked as a juvenile court officer for Blackhawk County. After retirement, Richard moved back to Rowan, the town of his birth.

Richard was preceded in death by his father and mother, Raymond and Edna Norris, one brother Merlynd, and two sisters, Lorraine and Maribeth.

He is survived by his sisters Marjorie and Bonnie, and numerous nephews and nieces.