2020 Blog Post #3.
With great sadness, we announce that Norman (Norm) Hale passed away peacefully in his home Monday morning surrounded by family. To Norman, family was more than blood relatives, as he spent 30 years working as a foster parent with his wife of 48 years, Marlene. Together Norman and his wife provided a loving and welcoming home to all who entered it.
Norman made countless friendships that lasted decades through his several ties through the figure skating community. These relationships extended throughout the Edmonton & Sherwood Park areas, to all parts of western Canada. Norman would love spending his time camping, cooking, and creating, with his very thoughtful ways of making sure everybody would be having the best of time. He would be comfortable sharing stories with his friends and family and being involved with finding fun things to do for his kids and grandkids.
Norman is predeceased by his parents, Ruby and Joe Hale, and daughter Shantell; and is survived by his son Darcy and wife Marlene. He will be dearly missed by them, as well as his extensive foster family including Valerie (Bryan) Loucks, Cynthia Maksymiuk, Chris (Misty) Bitternose, Dominic Bitternose, D'arcy (Sam) Clark-Malloy; as well as six brothers and sisters, and several nieces, nephews, and grandchildren.
A celebration of the life of this beloved husband, dad, grandpa, uncle, and friend has been tentatively set for June 19th at 2:00 PM at Glenwood Memorial Gardens, where all will be welcome. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Cross Cancer Institute or a charity of your choosing.
RIP Uncle Norm. 13-09-50 - 07-12-20
