Mildred Ferne Norfleet, 93, of Walnut Hill died 3:35 a.m. June , 2005, at Odin Care Center in Odin.

She was a homemaker and a cook at Rome Grade School in Dix.

Mrs. Norfleet was born Jan. 12, 1912, in Boyd to Callie and Myrtle (Chapman) Copple.

She married Virgil Crane Feb. , 1933; he preceded her in death in 1961.

On March 21, 1964, she married Kenneth Norfleet; he preceded her in death June 11, 2005.

Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m. Monday at Osborn Funeral Home in Dix. Bruce Hough will officiate. Burial will follow at Boyd Cemetery. Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Osborn Funeral Home in Dix.

Mrs. Norfleet is survived by a son, Charles Dean Crane and wife Jean of Herrin; two stepchildren, Harold Norfleet and wife Dora of Tuscola and Carol Ann Shaw and husband Jim of Gifford; two grandchildren, Marcia Furby and husband Jerry of O'Fallon and Steve Crane and wife Julie of Carterville; five great-grandchildren; , a great-great grandchild; four stepgrand-children; a step-great-grandchild;brothers Delbert Copple and wife Doris Ann of Centralia, Sam Copple of Rockford, Lester Copple and wife Irma of North Fort Myers, Fla., and Dean Copple of Sycamore; sisters Vera Foutch and husband Stanton of Dix, Mabel Lamb of Centralia; a sister-in-law, Mary Copple of Mt.Vernon; and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husbands, two brothers, Darrel Copple and Hubert Copple; and a sister, Tess Garren.

Mrs. Norfleet was a member of Little Grove Christian Church in Walnut Hill.

Memorials may be made to Little Grove Christian Church and will be received at the funeral home.

For more information, you may contact Osborn Funeral Home at 266-7231.

Source: Mt. Vernon Register News
Date: June 18, 2005
Submitted by: Ida Reeves