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Jerry A. Norbeck

Birth
Lewiston, Nez Perce County, Idaho, USA
Death
1 Jul 2017 (aged 82)
Garfield, Whitman County, Washington, USA
Burial
Cremated, Ashes given to family or friend Add to Map
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Jerry was born on August 3, 1934 to Arvid & Nora (Trotter) Norbeck in Lewiston, Idaho. He grew up in the Onaway area and graduated from Potlatch High School in 1952. He attended the University of Idaho at Moscow and earned his Bachelors of Science in Chemical Engineering in 1957. 

After graduation, Mr. Norbeck served in the United States Army and later the Army Reserves and was honorably discharged in 1969.

He married Kathleen Curry on May 29, 1964 in Moscow, Idaho. 

Jerry & Kathleen moved to Garfield, Washington in 2004 and have resided there since that time.  Mrs. Norbeck passed away in 2015.

Early in his career, Jerry worked for the Anaconda Company in Montana and as a researcher for Bovill Clay, researching ways to make aluminum. 

He eventually began a longer career with Potlatch, Inc. and worked at the mill in Lewiston, Idaho as well as Potlatch plants in Sikeston, Missouri and Fort Wayne, Indiana. 

He returned to Moscow in 1977 where he worked as a custodian for the University of Idaho until 1989 and then as a maintenance man at the UI Best Western, retiring in 1996. 

Jerry was born on August 3, 1934 to Arvid & Nora (Trotter) Norbeck in Lewiston, Idaho. He grew up in the Onaway area and graduated from Potlatch High School in 1952. He attended the University of Idaho at Moscow and earned his Bachelors of Science in Chemical Engineering in 1957. 

After graduation, Mr. Norbeck served in the United States Army and later the Army Reserves and was honorably discharged in 1969.

He married Kathleen Curry on May 29, 1964 in Moscow, Idaho. 

Jerry & Kathleen moved to Garfield, Washington in 2004 and have resided there since that time.  Mrs. Norbeck passed away in 2015.

Early in his career, Jerry worked for the Anaconda Company in Montana and as a researcher for Bovill Clay, researching ways to make aluminum. 

He eventually began a longer career with Potlatch, Inc. and worked at the mill in Lewiston, Idaho as well as Potlatch plants in Sikeston, Missouri and Fort Wayne, Indiana. 

He returned to Moscow in 1977 where he worked as a custodian for the University of Idaho until 1989 and then as a maintenance man at the UI Best Western, retiring in 1996. 



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