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Graveside services for Norma Jean Elston, 77, Williamsburg, will be 2 pm Tuesday, January 3, 2017, at Memorial Park Cemetery.
She died December 28, 2016, at her home.
Norma was born August 16, 1939, in Mayville, KY, the daughter of Milford R. and Helen Francis Gill Burton.
She worked for the University of Kansas as a House mother at Oliver Hall. She retired in 2005.
Survivors include siblings, Margarite Hauke, Dorothy Miller, Don Burton; four sons, Bill Kilgore, Richard Kilgore, Jerry Kilgore and Gilson Norris; eight grand children and seven great grand children.
She is preceded in death by her parents
Memorial contributions may be made to the Parkinson’s Foundation or the Alzheimer’s Association, sent in care of Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home, 601 Indiana Street Lawrence, KS 66044.
Online condolences made at rumsey-yost.com
I had the opportunity to know and work with Norma Elston when she worked in Oliver Hall on the KU campus. For many years Norma was a very dedicated and hard working custodial employee. Norma loved working among the young student population in Oliver Hall. The students were always appreciative of Norma’s excellent work. The students always remembered Norma on her birthdays and especially during the holiday season–always sending Norma gift certificates, cards, flowers. etc.
My prayers and thoughts go out to Norma and her family. She wlil be sadly missed.
Very sincerely,
Jeff Carmody