Hoosick Falls – Norma Brownell, 72, died Wednesday, October 29, 2008, at her residence on Saratoga Street in Hoosick Falls, NY. She had resided there with her husband Malcolm.
Born in Hoosick Falls on May 15, 1936, Norma was the daughter of the late Earl and Helen (Kimball) Brown. She was a graduate of the Walter A. Wood High School in Hoosick Falls. She was a homemaker and a life-long resident of Hoosick Falls except for twenty-two years when she and her family lived in Delmar, NY.
Norma was a member of the First Baptist Church in Hoosick Falls for over fifty years. She was very active at the Church, where she was a past Sunday School teacher for many years and was a member of the Women’s Society. She also was a volunteer for the Day Care at the First United Church in Hoosick Falls. Norma enjoyed going to garage sales, craft fairs and spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren. She was a devoted wife, mother, sister and friend.
Survivors other than her husband, Malcolm, include her daughter, Lynn Bort and husband Dale of Brewerton, NY, her son, Keith Brownell and wife Lisa of Mockville, NC, her sisters, Ruth Stowell of Hoosick Falls and Marcia Allen of Union City, CA, her grandchildren, Elizabeth and Cassandra Brownell and Patrick Bort, and her step-grandchildren, Jason Bort and wife Melissa and Jean VanHoeven and husband Scott. Norma is also survived by five step-great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. She is pre-deceased by a sister, Joyce Leonard, and two brothers, Bruce and George Brown.
Funeral services will be Monday, November 3, at 10 am from the First Baptist Church on Main Street in Hoosick Falls. Burial will be at the Gerald B. H. Solomon – Saratoga National Cemetery in Schuylerville, NY.
Relatives and friends may call at the Mahar Funeral Home, 43 Main Street in Hoosick Falls, on Sunday from 2 to 5 pm. Memorial contributions may be made to the First Baptist Church through the funeral home.