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Leitha Mae Norlin

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Leitha Mae Norlin

Birth
Dayton, Webster County, Iowa, USA
Death
28 Jul 1982 (aged 55)
Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Norwalk, Warren County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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The Des Moines Register (Des Moines, Iowa) 30 Jul 1982 Fri Page 9
LEITHA M. NORLIN
Leitha M. Norlin, 55, of Norwalk, died Wednesday at Mercy Hospital Medical Center of pulmonary emphysema. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Norwalk Christian Church, and burial will be at Norwalk Cemetery.

Miss Norlin was born in Dayton and had lived in Norwalk for 35 years. She was a retired graphic artist for the state of Iowa and a member of the Boxholm Lutheran Church.

Miss Norlin was inducted into the Women's Iowa State Association Softball Hall of Fame in 1972 and into the Des Moines Women's Softball Hall of Fame in 1973. Her softball career began in Dayton and continued when she moved to the Des Moines area in 1946. She was a pitcher for Green Electric.

Survivors include three sisters, Hyla Banister of Petaluma, Calif., Elinor Higgins of Walnut Creek, Calif., and Ilene Phipps of Norwalk; and five brothers, Larry of Petaluma, Alan of Norwalk, Gilbert of Des Moines, Keith of Marathon and Carmen of Monticello.

Friends may call after 1 p.m. today at the Gallaway-McLaren Funeral Home in Norwalk.
The Des Moines Register (Des Moines, Iowa) 30 Jul 1982 Fri Page 9
LEITHA M. NORLIN
Leitha M. Norlin, 55, of Norwalk, died Wednesday at Mercy Hospital Medical Center of pulmonary emphysema. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Norwalk Christian Church, and burial will be at Norwalk Cemetery.

Miss Norlin was born in Dayton and had lived in Norwalk for 35 years. She was a retired graphic artist for the state of Iowa and a member of the Boxholm Lutheran Church.

Miss Norlin was inducted into the Women's Iowa State Association Softball Hall of Fame in 1972 and into the Des Moines Women's Softball Hall of Fame in 1973. Her softball career began in Dayton and continued when she moved to the Des Moines area in 1946. She was a pitcher for Green Electric.

Survivors include three sisters, Hyla Banister of Petaluma, Calif., Elinor Higgins of Walnut Creek, Calif., and Ilene Phipps of Norwalk; and five brothers, Larry of Petaluma, Alan of Norwalk, Gilbert of Des Moines, Keith of Marathon and Carmen of Monticello.

Friends may call after 1 p.m. today at the Gallaway-McLaren Funeral Home in Norwalk.


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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93955528/leitha_mae-norlin: accessed ), memorial page for Leitha Mae Norlin (8 Nov 1926–28 Jul 1982), Find a Grave Memorial ID 93955528, citing Norwalk Cemetery, Norwalk, Warren County, Iowa, USA; Maintained by 46620252 (contributor 46620252).