A fine lady, Norma Colby Brow, 86, of Vermillion, passed away January 19, 2011, in Richfield, Utah. Norma was born at home in Vermillion, Utah on May 22, 1924 to Lucy Alvey & Edwin Colby, descendents of early Utah pioneers. She was the fourth child of eight (three brothers and four sisters). One younger sister, Maureen Howell, survives. During WW II she worked repairing bombsights in Boise. Norma and Al met in Boise on VJ Day and married January 5, 1946 in Traverse City, Michigan. They have been married 65 years.
Norma spent her childhood as a farmer's daughter in Vermillion. While Al was in the Air Force, Norma was active in the Officers' Wives Club, was a Girl Scout leader, was a Gray Lady volunteer at the base hospital at Travis (her favorite shifts were working in the newborn nursery), and was a constant help to her children with their school work. In her "spare" time she played bridge, studied painting and became an accomplished artist. Whenever possible, she would go with Al home to Utah for the deer hunt in October and to fish at Fish Lake and Otter Creek Reservoir during summer vacations. After Al's retirement from the Air Force as a Lt. Colonel in 1973, Norma and Al moved into Norma's childhood home in Vermillion. They also enjoyed traveling abroad. Norma was an immediate friend even to strangers who crossed her path. She will be missed terribly by those she loved.
She is survived by her husband, Al, Vermillion; children, Carole Brow, Clements, CA; Albert "Bill" Brow Jr., Cebu, the Philippines; Elizabeth "Liz" Knight, Orem; and James "Jim" Brow, Mesquite, NV; sons- and daughters-in-law, James Giannopoulos, Jim Knight, Mary Brow, & Earla Brow; six grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; sister, Maureen (Bill) Howell, AZ; brother-in-law, Darwin Anderson, Aurora.
She was preceded in death by her parents; three brothers and three sisters.
Funeral mass was held on Saturday, January 22, 2011, at 10:00 a.m. in the St. Elizabeth Catholic Church, in Central Valley, Utah. A celebration of life was held on Friday evening at 7:00 p.m. at the Magleby Mortuary Chapel, with a viewing starting at 6:00 p.m. Burial took place directly afterward in the Vermillion, Sevier, Utah Cemetery.
Norma spent her childhood as a farmer's daughter in Vermillion. While Al was in the Air Force, Norma was active in the Officers' Wives Club, was a Girl Scout leader, was a Gray Lady volunteer at the base hospital at Travis (her favorite shifts were working in the newborn nursery), and was a constant help to her children with their school work. In her "spare" time she played bridge, studied painting and became an accomplished artist. Whenever possible, she would go with Al home to Utah for the deer hunt in October and to fish at Fish Lake and Otter Creek Reservoir during summer vacations. After Al's retirement from the Air Force as a Lt. Colonel in 1973, Norma and Al moved into Norma's childhood home in Vermillion. They also enjoyed traveling abroad. Norma was an immediate friend even to strangers who crossed her path. She will be missed terribly by those she loved.
She is survived by her husband, Al, Vermillion; children, Carole Brow, Clements, CA; Albert "Bill" Brow Jr., Cebu, the Philippines; Elizabeth "Liz" Knight, Orem; and James "Jim" Brow, Mesquite, NV; sons- and daughters-in-law, James Giannopoulos, Jim Knight, Mary Brow, & Earla Brow; six grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; sister, Maureen (Bill) Howell, AZ; brother-in-law, Darwin Anderson, Aurora.
She was preceded in death by her parents; three brothers and three sisters.
Funeral mass was held on Saturday, January 22, 2011, at 10:00 a.m. in the St. Elizabeth Catholic Church, in Central Valley, Utah. A celebration of life was held on Friday evening at 7:00 p.m. at the Magleby Mortuary Chapel, with a viewing starting at 6:00 p.m. Burial took place directly afterward in the Vermillion, Sevier, Utah Cemetery.
A fine lady, Norma Colby Brow, 86, of Vermillion, passed away January 19, 2011, in Richfield, Utah. Norma was born at home in Vermillion, Utah on May 22, 1924 to Lucy Alvey & Edwin Colby, descendents of early Utah pioneers. She was the fourth child of eight (three brothers and four sisters). One younger sister, Maureen Howell, survives. During WW II she worked repairing bombsights in Boise. Norma and Al met in Boise on VJ Day and married January 5, 1946 in Traverse City, Michigan. They have been married 65 years.
Norma spent her childhood as a farmer's daughter in Vermillion. While Al was in the Air Force, Norma was active in the Officers' Wives Club, was a Girl Scout leader, was a Gray Lady volunteer at the base hospital at Travis (her favorite shifts were working in the newborn nursery), and was a constant help to her children with their school work. In her "spare" time she played bridge, studied painting and became an accomplished artist. Whenever possible, she would go with Al home to Utah for the deer hunt in October and to fish at Fish Lake and Otter Creek Reservoir during summer vacations. After Al's retirement from the Air Force as a Lt. Colonel in 1973, Norma and Al moved into Norma's childhood home in Vermillion. They also enjoyed traveling abroad. Norma was an immediate friend even to strangers who crossed her path. She will be missed terribly by those she loved.
She is survived by her husband, Al, Vermillion; children, Carole Brow, Clements, CA; Albert "Bill" Brow Jr., Cebu, the Philippines; Elizabeth "Liz" Knight, Orem; and James "Jim" Brow, Mesquite, NV; sons- and daughters-in-law, James Giannopoulos, Jim Knight, Mary Brow, & Earla Brow; six grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; sister, Maureen (Bill) Howell, AZ; brother-in-law, Darwin Anderson, Aurora.
She was preceded in death by her parents; three brothers and three sisters.
Funeral mass was held on Saturday, January 22, 2011, at 10:00 a.m. in the St. Elizabeth Catholic Church, in Central Valley, Utah. A celebration of life was held on Friday evening at 7:00 p.m. at the Magleby Mortuary Chapel, with a viewing starting at 6:00 p.m. Burial took place directly afterward in the Vermillion, Sevier, Utah Cemetery.
Norma spent her childhood as a farmer's daughter in Vermillion. While Al was in the Air Force, Norma was active in the Officers' Wives Club, was a Girl Scout leader, was a Gray Lady volunteer at the base hospital at Travis (her favorite shifts were working in the newborn nursery), and was a constant help to her children with their school work. In her "spare" time she played bridge, studied painting and became an accomplished artist. Whenever possible, she would go with Al home to Utah for the deer hunt in October and to fish at Fish Lake and Otter Creek Reservoir during summer vacations. After Al's retirement from the Air Force as a Lt. Colonel in 1973, Norma and Al moved into Norma's childhood home in Vermillion. They also enjoyed traveling abroad. Norma was an immediate friend even to strangers who crossed her path. She will be missed terribly by those she loved.
She is survived by her husband, Al, Vermillion; children, Carole Brow, Clements, CA; Albert "Bill" Brow Jr., Cebu, the Philippines; Elizabeth "Liz" Knight, Orem; and James "Jim" Brow, Mesquite, NV; sons- and daughters-in-law, James Giannopoulos, Jim Knight, Mary Brow, & Earla Brow; six grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; sister, Maureen (Bill) Howell, AZ; brother-in-law, Darwin Anderson, Aurora.
She was preceded in death by her parents; three brothers and three sisters.
Funeral mass was held on Saturday, January 22, 2011, at 10:00 a.m. in the St. Elizabeth Catholic Church, in Central Valley, Utah. A celebration of life was held on Friday evening at 7:00 p.m. at the Magleby Mortuary Chapel, with a viewing starting at 6:00 p.m. Burial took place directly afterward in the Vermillion, Sevier, Utah Cemetery.
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