Mildred Marie Mickie Norton, age 83, Green Lake, passed away on Friday, August 11th, at the home of her niece Mary Jo (Bob) Fans in Fond du Lac after a courageous battle with cancer.
She was born June 25, 1912 in Mackford Prairie, Green Lake County, the daughter of Herman and Elizabeth Procknow. She attended Green Lake High School. On February 14, 1939 she married Clifford Norton. He preceded her in death on August 7, 1966. Mickie and her husband Clifford owned Nortons Dock & Boat Landing and coowned Nortons Marine Dining Room with Cliffs brother Harry. Mickie was also employed 42 years at the United States Post Office in Green Lake beginning at the age of 16. She was an active member of the Green Lake Business and Professional Womans Club, Friends of the Caestecker Library, the Green Lake Historical Society, the Tuesday Tuscumbia Ladies Golf League, several bowling leagues, several chapters of Ducks Unlimited, arid the Peace Lutheran Church in Green Lake.
In addition to her husband Cliff, she was preceded in death by her parents and brother Cy. Other survivors include close niece and nephew Mary Jo (Bob) Fans; and Doug (Debbie) Norton of Green Lake; sisterinlaw Maybelle Procknow of Randolph; a sisterinlaw Florence (Rene) Amadry of Green Lake; nieces Jeanne (Mark) Lavalle of Fond du Lac and Betty (Leonard) Rechek of Fox Lake; and a nephew Mike (Joanne) Norton of Princeton. She is also survived by many more relatives, nephews and nieces, and grandnephews and grandnieces. She is also survived by many many dear friends.
Funeral Services for the late Mildred Marie Mickie Norton will he at 11 A.M. Monday, August 14, 1995 at Peace Lutheran Church, Green Lake. The Reverend Rodney E. Dietsche will officiate and interment will follow at Dartford Cemetery, Green Lake. The family will receive friends Monday from 10 a.m. until the time of the service.
Memorials may be directed to St. Agnes Hospital Hospice Hope, Fond du Lac - Green Lake.
Butzin-Marchant Funeral Home, Ripon, is assisting the family.