Submitted by: Brenda Horton

LEILA NORRIS
NEW CARLISLE-Leila Mabel Norris, 94, of Hamilton Grove Retirement Village, died Wednesday, March 14, 1984, at 6:40 pm at her home. The Haverstock Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements which will be announced later. Source: The LaPorte Herald Argus, Thu, 15 Mar 1984.  

LEILA NORRIS
The funeral for Mrs. Leila M. Norris, 93, of Hamilton Grove Retirement Village, New Carlisle, who died Wednesday, March 14, at 6:40 pm at the home will be Saturday at 9:30 pm at the Haverstock Funeral Home with Dr. William Flewelling officiating. Friends may call at the funeral home from 2-9 pm today and until the time of services Saturday. Burial will be in Olive Chapel Cemetery. She was born July 28, 1890, in Highmore, S.D., to Joseph Allen and Eliza (Smith) Sharp. She was a member of the First Christian Church.  On Dec. 25, 1912, in LaPorte, she married John Wesley Norris who died Aug. 2, 1948. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. William (Margaret) Robertson of Mill Creek and Mrs. Kenneth (Betty) Ames of Goshen; 14 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren. Three sons, John, Joseph, and Max, one grandson and seven brothers and four sisters preceded her in death. Source: The LaPorte Herald Argus, Fri, 16 Mar 1984.