A place to share

I've started this as a way to honor my sister's memory. Since Emily died last Tuesday, stories and recollections have been passed back and forth between family and friends. Stories that I hadn't heard in a long time, and ones that I didn't even know. I don't want to lose those memories, so I created a place for all of us who love her to share them with each other, to remember, and to heal.

I'll post more later in the day. For now I've just included her obituary for this first post.


Emily Ruth Norman
The Record Herald
Fri Apr 04, 2008, 10:50 AM EDT
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Greencastle, Pa. -
EMILY RUTH NORMAN, 20, of 328 Carolle St., Greencastle, died Tuesday, April 1, 2008, in her townhouse apartment in Shippensburg from complications of diabetes.Born July 12, 1987, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., she was the daughter of Wayne and Margaret S. "Peggi" Plummer) Norman of 328 Carolle St., Greencastle.

She was a current student at Harrisburg Area Community College and formerly attended Shippensburg University, where she was a member of the choir and Kappa Delta Pi sorority.

Miss Norman was a 2005 graduate of Greencastle-Antrim High School, where she was a member of the band, choir, National Honor Society and indoor guard.She was a member of Solomons Evangelical Lutheran Church, Chambersburg.

In addition to her parents, she is survived by one sister, Melissa C. Norman of Greencastle; maternal grandparents, Richard and Catherine Plummer of Fairless Hills;
paternal grandparents, Wayne Sr. and Ellen Norman of Media;
boyfriend, Michael Perry of Rolla, Mo.;
and a number of aunts, uncles and cousins.
She was preceded in death by one infant sister, Rebecca Norman, in 1981.

A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday in Solomons Evangelical Lutheran Church, 4856 Wayne Road, Chambersburg, with the Rev. Michael E. Allwein officiating.

Burial will be in Emilie Methodist Church Cemetery, Levittown, at the convenience of the family.There will be no public viewing.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude Children’s Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, Tenn. 38105.

Arrangements were made by Harold M. Zimmerman and Son Funeral Home, Greencastle.