Frieda B. (Billow) Wilson Norbeck |
| Posted 2009-01-28 by Judy Wight Branson |
| Frieda B. Norbeck Born in Colonial Park, Pennsylvania on Dec. 11, 1919. Departed on Nov. 11, 2008 and resided in Camp Verde, Ariz. Frieda B. Norbeck was born in Colonial Park, Pennsylvania on December 11, 1919 to Edward and Mettie Billow. She attended Lower Paxton Schools and upon graduation she married Ellwood (Pete) Wilson. They resided in Pennsylvania where she ultimately divorced Pete. Pete remained single for the next 25 years and passed away February 4, 2000. Freida had two children, Jaci Wilson of Rimrock and Dennis Wilson of Eatonville, Pennsylvania. She heas five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. She is survived by an older sister Dorothy Heckman of Highspire, Pennsylvania and Dorothy's husband Lloyd. She is predeceased by two brothers "Carl" and Oscar as well as two sisters, Mildred and Edna. Frieda loved photography and nature and spent a good deal of time photographing and processing her own pictures having won recognition for several of her photos, including one of the State Capital of Harrisburg taken at an angle no one had ever thought of before. She was a member of the Appalation Trail Hiking club, going out each week to hike the appalation Trail as well as the Tuscarora. She was a member also of a bird watching club and cataloged a lot of unusual sightings continuing with that interest when she came to Arizona. On one of these trips she found a plant that had a small larva on it and took the plant home to grow a Monarch butterfly from larva to pupa to butterfly cataloging and photographing each stage until she released it. She worked before her marriage to Charles Norbeck at Maryland Casualty as an insurance rater and ultimately retired from there and she and Charles came to Arizona, making two trips before deciding to move here for the remainder of their lives. Charles transferred from Union 520 (Ironworkers) and began working at Palo Verde. Frieda pitched in by living in Rimrock in a small trailer while they awaited the building of their permanent residence. They traveled a lot on the Western coast and through Wyoming and the Dakotas in their motor home, returning always to Rimrock. After Charles heart attack they were no longer able to travel and she became a full time caregiver until his passing February 14, 2006. A memorial service will be held Friday in the Camp Verde Chapel of the Westcott Funeral Home, 631 S. 1st St. at 2 p.m. An online guestbook is available at www.westcottfuneralhome.com Westcott Funeral Home, Cottonwood, Arizona. |
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