Norma R. King Obituary (1928 - 2015)

Winslow -- Norma R. King, 86, died Aug. 25, 2015 at Inland Hospital in Waterville. She was born in Augusta, Nov. 19, 1928 the daughter of George and Blanche Goulet Martin. She attended St. Augustine School, Smith School and graduated from Cony High School in 1948. Norma worked at New England Telephone Company as a telephone operator. She also worked at Hathaway, then as a school crossing guard. She was a Special Ed. Aide and retired in 1990. Norma married Charles Lawrence King in 1949, moved to Waterville and had 44 years together until he died in 1993. They spent one winter together in Florida before he died. They had four children, Linda, Michael, Steve and Jan. She was a great bowler - State Champs 1978. Norma enjoyed knitting and made dish cloths which she gave to friends and relatives. She spent 17 years in Oldsmar, FL. , 7 months in FL. and 5 months in Winslow. She was a Red Sox fan. Norma was predeceased by her husband, Charles; parents, George & Blanche Martin; brother and wife, Roland and Violet Martin; sister, Rita and Lee Troutman of Tulsa, OK. and son, Steve A. King of Waterville. Norma is survived by a son, Michael L. King of Lucasville, Ohio; two daughters and their husbands, Linda & Norman Mitchell of Winslow and Janice and Rusty Welch of Augusta; a sister and her husband, Arline and Maynard DeBlois of Winthrop; eight grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, Aug. 29, 2015 at Sacred Heart Church, 70 Pleasant St., Waterville. Committal prayers and burial will be at 10:00 A.M. Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015 in the Maine Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Civic Center Drive, Augusta at the Committal Chapel. She will be interred next to her husband in the niche.