William Norman MCCORMICK

McCORMICK, William Norman (Norm) Passed away peacefully on January 14, 2008 in his 91st year. Predeceased by his wives Helen Marjorie Cullen (1975) and Marguerite Munro (2005) and his daughter Martha Louise (1977). Dear father of George (Wendy), Maria and Tim (Margaret), special uncle to Sheila (Jackson) Hipps, stepfather to Sue Munro (Alex Szabo) and Ann Munro (Peter Schroth). Loving grandfather to Ryan (Michelle), Shauna and Nicole McCormick. He will be sorely missed by Brad (Laura) and Shane (Andrea) Hipps, Bronwyn, Marguerite, and Nicole Szabo, Sophie and Henry Schroth. Norman was born in Ottawa November 4, 1917 to the late Elizabeth Georgina (nee MacLaren)and George Flemming McCormick. Predeceased by his brothers John Flemming, George Arnott and sister Helen Georgina Rogers; raised on Wilbrod St. in Sandy Hill, attended Ashbury College and travelled extensively before the War. Norman served in the Royal Canadian Artillery in North Africa and the Italian Campaign in WWII. He worked for the Department of Health and Welfare, Keyes Supply, Capital Wire Cloth and the Grace Hospital. He was an avid outdoorsman and enjoyed times with family and friends at his cottage at Danford Lake, Quebec over the passed 60 years. Friends are invited to visit at the Central Chapel of Hulse, Playfair & McGarry, 315 McLeod on Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m. Memorial service will be held in the Chapel on Friday at 1 p.m. Reception to follow in the McGarry Family Reception Centre. In lieu of flowers donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation would be appreciated. Interment will be at the MacLarens Cemetery, Wakefield, Quebec at a later date. Published in the Ottawa Citizen from 1/16/2008 - 1/17/2008