TITLE:   Norma Hutchinson Gifford, Obituary, Dec. 24, 2000

SUBMITTERS:  Portsmouth Herald, http://www.seacoastonline.com
             111 Maplewood Aveue, Portsmouth, NH (issue Jan 02, 2001 )

FORMATTED:   by CParziale, 2001

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Norma Hutchinson Gifford 

DURHAM - Norma Hutchinson Gifford, 89, of Durham, died Sunday, Dec. 24, 2000, 
surrounded by her loving family. 

The daughter of the late Edward and Lillian Bray Hutchinson, she was born on 
Little Deer Isle, Maine. She graduated from Rockland (Maine) High School and 
Burdett College in Lynn, Mass. 

Before retirement she was an executive secretary at the University of New 
Hampshire. She was married to the late John R. Gifford, former principal of 
the Pembroke (Mass.) High School and a teacher and counselor at Portsmouth 
High School. They lived for more than 35 years on their beloved farm in 
Stratham before moving to Durham. 

She is survived by her three children, Dale G. Scott of Wareham, Mass.; 
Dianne G. Monahan of New Durham; and John H. Gifford of Annapolis, Md.; and 
their spouses, Robert D. Scott, Daniel H. Monahan and Paula P. Gifford; four
grandchildren and three great-grandchildren, with whom she was very close 
and dearly loved. 

A memorial service will take place at 11 a.m. on Jan. 20, 2001, in the chapel
of the Community Church of Durham, Main Street. Memorial donations may be 
sent to the charity of your choice or to The Gifford Family Scholarship Fund,
c/o New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, 39 Pleasant St., Concord, NH 
03301-4005. 


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