{"id":17031,"date":"2018-11-08T15:05:18","date_gmt":"2018-11-08T20:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/?p=17031"},"modified":"2018-11-08T15:05:20","modified_gmt":"2018-11-08T20:05:20","slug":"obituary-edith-edie-l-norton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/?p=17031","title":{"rendered":"Obituary: Edith &#8220;Edie&#8221; L. Norton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Obits.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-8487\" src=\"http:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Obits-335x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"335\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Edith &#8220;Edie&#8221; L. Norton, 69, of Cochranville, passed away on Friday, November 2nd at Brandywine Hospital.<\/p>\n<div>Born in Chester County Hospital, she was the daughter of the late Evelyn C. (Mayo) and Rodney Norton.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Edie was a 1967 graduate of Unionville High School, and she graduated from Lincoln University with a degree in psychology.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Edie worked as a caregiver and was the special caretaker of the late Brian Wilson, who she cared for as a son.<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>She loved long drives around the countryside, loved flowers and plants; she enjoyed cooking, making notable macaroni and cheese, baked beans, and desserts. \u00a0She enjoyed watching horse and carriage races, watching old Westerns and TV ministries, and she loved a good old-fashioned picnic. \u00a0Edie was also a poet.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Edie is survived by her siblings, John Norton, Blanche Norton Skinner, Martha Boyer, Ernie Norton, Denise Mayo, and Shona Norton; and a host of nieces, nephews and cousins. \u00a0She was predeceased by her parents and siblings, James &#8220;Sonny&#8221; Norton, and Iva Saunders.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The graveside service will be held at the convenience of family and friends.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Wilde Funeral Home, 434 Main St., Parkesburg, Pa. 19365 to help offset the cost of the funeral.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Arrangements by the Wilde Funeral Home of Parkesburg. \u00a0Online condolences can be posted at <a id=\"LPNoLP360768\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wildefuneralhome.com\/\">www.wildefuneralhome.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Edith &#8220;Edie&#8221; L. Norton, 69, of Cochranville, passed away on Friday, November 2nd at Brandywine Hospital. Born in Chester County Hospital, she was the daughter of the late Evelyn C. (Mayo) and Rodney Norton. Edie was a 1967 graduate of Unionville High School, and she graduated from Lincoln University with a degree in psychology. Edie [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17033,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[195],"tags":[7514,6825],"class_list":["post-17031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obituaries","tag-edith-edie-l-norton","tag-obituaries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17031"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17031\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17032,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17031\/revisions\/17032"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}