Norvie was born 17 March 1934 in Goessel, Kansas, and graduated high school in Hillsboro, Kansas.
He served in the Army during the Korean War and then studied at Northrup Industries in California to prepare for a career in aircraft maintenance.
He married in Sacramento county, California on 4 April 1964.
The family moved to Reno in 1966 so Norvie could act as lead mechanic for a Cessna dealer.
Love of the outdoors inspired Norvie to take classes in lapidary and silver fabrication at the Reno Gem and Mineral Society. From those beginnings in 1984, he came quite skilled, winning several regional and national trophies for his jewelry.
He also served on an advisory council for and worked with a volunteer group supporting the Blackrock/High Rock Wilderness.
He died 26 June 2016. He was preceded in death by his parents, Abram S. and Linda Enns. He was survived by his wife, two sons, and two grandchildren in Reno, as well as two sisters, one in Newton, Kansas, and one in Wichita, Kansas. [Edited from Reno Gazette-Journal, Sunday, 10 July 2016, page D5. Marriage info from California marriage index. ]
Parents: Abraham S. and Linda Enns
Marriage from California marriage index. DOB from public records index. Parents from 1940 census, West Branch, Marion county, Kansas, with their two daughters, Lenna Marie and Norvie Larochell. Dates and middle name via suggestion, confirmed by cemetery office. Also confirmed that 1940 census in error, in that he should have been a son, not a daughter.
He served in the Army during the Korean War and then studied at Northrup Industries in California to prepare for a career in aircraft maintenance.
He married in Sacramento county, California on 4 April 1964.
The family moved to Reno in 1966 so Norvie could act as lead mechanic for a Cessna dealer.
Love of the outdoors inspired Norvie to take classes in lapidary and silver fabrication at the Reno Gem and Mineral Society. From those beginnings in 1984, he came quite skilled, winning several regional and national trophies for his jewelry.
He also served on an advisory council for and worked with a volunteer group supporting the Blackrock/High Rock Wilderness.
He died 26 June 2016. He was preceded in death by his parents, Abram S. and Linda Enns. He was survived by his wife, two sons, and two grandchildren in Reno, as well as two sisters, one in Newton, Kansas, and one in Wichita, Kansas. [Edited from Reno Gazette-Journal, Sunday, 10 July 2016, page D5. Marriage info from California marriage index. ]
Parents: Abraham S. and Linda Enns
Marriage from California marriage index. DOB from public records index. Parents from 1940 census, West Branch, Marion county, Kansas, with their two daughters, Lenna Marie and Norvie Larochell. Dates and middle name via suggestion, confirmed by cemetery office. Also confirmed that 1940 census in error, in that he should have been a son, not a daughter.
Norvie was born 17 March 1934 in Goessel, Kansas, and graduated high school in Hillsboro, Kansas.
He served in the Army during the Korean War and then studied at Northrup Industries in California to prepare for a career in aircraft maintenance.
He married in Sacramento county, California on 4 April 1964.
The family moved to Reno in 1966 so Norvie could act as lead mechanic for a Cessna dealer.
Love of the outdoors inspired Norvie to take classes in lapidary and silver fabrication at the Reno Gem and Mineral Society. From those beginnings in 1984, he came quite skilled, winning several regional and national trophies for his jewelry.
He also served on an advisory council for and worked with a volunteer group supporting the Blackrock/High Rock Wilderness.
He died 26 June 2016. He was preceded in death by his parents, Abram S. and Linda Enns. He was survived by his wife, two sons, and two grandchildren in Reno, as well as two sisters, one in Newton, Kansas, and one in Wichita, Kansas. [Edited from Reno Gazette-Journal, Sunday, 10 July 2016, page D5. Marriage info from California marriage index. ]
Parents: Abraham S. and Linda Enns
Marriage from California marriage index. DOB from public records index. Parents from 1940 census, West Branch, Marion county, Kansas, with their two daughters, Lenna Marie and Norvie Larochell. Dates and middle name via suggestion, confirmed by cemetery office. Also confirmed that 1940 census in error, in that he should have been a son, not a daughter.
He served in the Army during the Korean War and then studied at Northrup Industries in California to prepare for a career in aircraft maintenance.
He married in Sacramento county, California on 4 April 1964.
The family moved to Reno in 1966 so Norvie could act as lead mechanic for a Cessna dealer.
Love of the outdoors inspired Norvie to take classes in lapidary and silver fabrication at the Reno Gem and Mineral Society. From those beginnings in 1984, he came quite skilled, winning several regional and national trophies for his jewelry.
He also served on an advisory council for and worked with a volunteer group supporting the Blackrock/High Rock Wilderness.
He died 26 June 2016. He was preceded in death by his parents, Abram S. and Linda Enns. He was survived by his wife, two sons, and two grandchildren in Reno, as well as two sisters, one in Newton, Kansas, and one in Wichita, Kansas. [Edited from Reno Gazette-Journal, Sunday, 10 July 2016, page D5. Marriage info from California marriage index. ]
Parents: Abraham S. and Linda Enns
Marriage from California marriage index. DOB from public records index. Parents from 1940 census, West Branch, Marion county, Kansas, with their two daughters, Lenna Marie and Norvie Larochell. Dates and middle name via suggestion, confirmed by cemetery office. Also confirmed that 1940 census in error, in that he should have been a son, not a daughter.
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