This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Qi3.2ACIB/1975 Message Board Post: Jean Frances (DeMonte) Norton, 60, of Manchester, loving wife of 38 years to Delwyn E. Norton, passed away Wednesday, (December 10, 2003) at home surrounded by her family. She was born June 6, 1943 in Hartford, daughter of the late Gino L. and Daisy (Lassen) DeMonte, was raised in West Hartford and was a graduate of Hall High School, class of 1961. She later attended Dean Junior College where she majored in Design. Jean was employed as an Administrative Assistant for Pratt & Whitney in East Hartford. She was presented as a Debutant to the Pavane in 1960. While living in Manchester she was active in the Former Green School PTA and was a Den Leader for her son's Cub Scout Troop. As a member of the East Glastonbury Methodist Church, she taught Sunday school for many years. She now is a member of North United Methodist Church in Manchester. Jean was a longtime member of the Italian Ladies Club of East Hartford and served a term as President. She had a passion for arts and crafts! and formed a home party company with her sister and friends making decorative items for the home. Jean gathered on a monthly basis over the last five years with her Hartford cousins and the "Spunky Specs." She loved the ocean and beaches and spent many wonderful vacations on the Maine and Connecticut shores. She was a wonderful cook who loved baking and cooking for friends and family. Jean fought a long and valiant battle with cancer and was an inspiration to all around her. She touched family, friends and acquaintances with her loving, caring ways. Besides her beloved husband Del, she is survived by her two adoring children, James Delwyn Norton and his wife, Joey-Leigh of Vernon, and Karen Norton Doolittle and her husband, James F. Doolittle of Granby; her four cherished grandchildren, James D. Norton Jr., Tyler J. Doolittle, James F. Doolittle, III, and Kaitlin L. Norton; A beloved sister, Jo-Anne D. Sabin and her husband, Thomas E. Sabin of Simsbury; her beloved brother! , Raymond L. DeMonte and his wife, Kathy C. DeMonte of Syracuse, NY; h er dearest friend and sister-in-law, Darlene Norton and her husband, Morrell Norton of Manchester; a sister and brother-in-law, Janeth and Richard Beckert of Eliott, ME; aunt Gloria and uncle Leonard D'Amico of Astoria, Long Island, NY; and uncle Sonny and aunt Tina DeMonte of Little Neck, NY; and eleven nieces and nephews, Kim Anderson, Leanne Orlowski, Brian DeMonte, Michael Sabin, Scott DeMonte, Allison Sabin, Greg Sabin and R.J. DeMonte, Stephen Beckert, Deborah Morgan, and Wendy Rawski. Funeral services will be Saturday, December 13, at 10 a.m. at North United Methodist Church, 300 Parker St. Manchester. Burial will follow in Green Cemetery, Glastonbury. Calling hours will be Friday, Dec. 12, 4-8 p.m. at the Holmes Funeral Home, 400 Main St., Manchester. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made in Jean's memory to St. Francis Home Care and Hospice, 95 Woodland St., Hartford, CT 06105 or to Friends of Vernon Ambulance, PO. Box 54, Vernon, CT 06066. Publishe! d in the Hartford Courant on 12/11/2003. (Volunteer Submitted)