Obit of Leslie, Norma Hester Fitts - Oklahoma County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Gene Phillips  <okarchives@comcast.net>    24 Feb 2008
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::Rose Hill Burial Park--OKC OK

Leslie, Norma Hester Fitts

Norma Hester Fitts, passed away on November 20, 2002, after a brief 
illness. She was born on February 10, 1914, in Waco, TX, one of two 
children to Geraldine Searcy and Leon Edgar Fitts. Her family moved 
to Tulsa, OK where Norma was raised. Norma was particularly proud 
that her father discovered the Fitts Field in Pontotoc County south 
of Ada, OK. Norma met her husband of 62 years, Edward P. Leslie, Jr., 
when they both worked in the Colcord Building. They married in 1940. 
The only time they were separated during this time was during Ed's 
service to his country in the US Air Force during World War II and 
again during the Korean War. Ed was Norma's life. Her parents and 
brother preceded Norma in death. Her husband, Ed, passed away on 
February 5, 2002. Norma is survived by her sister-in-law, Alice 
Leslie Park and her husband, Lee, of Midland, TX, nieces Susan 
Eiteljorg and her husband, Jack, of Santa Fe, NM, Leslie Jane Park, 
Arcadia, CA, JoAnn Allison, Media, PA, Carolyn Fanshier and her 
husband, Allen, Victoria, TX, Mary Jane Carlisle and her husband, 
Chuck, Alice, TX, nephews Mike Allison and his wife, Kay, Charlie 
Allison and his wife, Lisa, and Robert Allison, all of Bacy City, TX. 
Viewing and visitation will be from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm on Friday, 
November 22, 2002, at Smith & Kernke Funeral Directors, 14624 N. May 
Ave. Services will be held at 10:00 am Saturday, November 23, 2002 in 
the chapel at Smith & Kernke Funeral Directors. Interment will follow 
at Rose Hill Burial Park. In Lieu of flowers, memorials may be made 
to the Oklahoma City Rotary Club Foundation, 120 N. Robinson, Suite 
1909, Oklahoma City, OK 73102 or the Salvation Army Fund at the 
Oklahoma City Community Foundation, 1300 N. Broadway Drive, Oklahoma 
City, OK 73103.

Published in the Oklahoman on 11/22/2002.
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