Published in the erkin, IL - Journal Star 2004-10-24 PEKIN -- Norma Emmelyn Sutton, 99, of 2501 Allentown Rd., died at 2:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 23, 2004, at Hallmark House Nursing Home. She was formerly of 28 Olympia Fields Dr., Pekin, IL. Cremation has been accorded. There will be no services. Memorial contributions may be made to United Way of Pekin, Memorial/Endowment Fund. Cremation Society of Mid-Illinois Co., is handling arrangements. She was born May 17, 1905, in Breckenridge, Minn., to Moyle and Henrietta Anderson Edwards. She married Dale E. Sutton on Dec. 22, 1934, in Chcago. He died June 22, 1990, in Pekin. She also was preceded in death by three sisters. Survivors include three nieces and two nephews. Sutton worked at Marshall Field and Company in Chicago for 10 years, becoming the youngest buyer in the store's history at that time. She owned and operated Norma Sutton Shop from1952 until 1973, setting up shop first in the Tazewell Hotel, then moving to the Moran Building on South Fourth Street. With a partner, she opened Mainline, a women's apparel store in Peoria's Junction City in 1958. She retired from business in the early 1980s. She was appointed to the White House Conference on Children and Youth in 1950. She also served on the advisory board of the Women's Reformatory in Dwight. She was prominent in Democratic party activities for many years; an active member of the League of Women Voters, and the American Association of University Women. She also was former chairman of Cerebral Palsy and the Junior Red Cross. She was a member of Pekin Country Club, where she was women's golf champion three times. She also was a former women's city golf champion. Her interests included gardening, bridge and art. Danny Clemmer Clemmer.org