The funeral for Dorothy Maxine Norris, age 84, will be at 1:00 P.M. Friday, Feb. 2, 2007, at the Anderson-Burris Funeral Home Chapel, with Rev. Tom Cooksey officiating.  Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery, with arrangements by Anderson-Burris Funeral Home.

            She was born to Oscar and Mable (Funk) Harzman on July 6, 1922, in Alva, and died Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2007 in Enid.

            Dorothy grew up in Alva, and graduated from Alva High School.  She attended college at Northwestern Oklahoma State University.  In 1942, she married Earl Crowder in Alva, where they made their home.  She later married Dr. Howard Norris in May, 1964 in Enid.  They resided in Enid, and she worked as a secretary at Vance Air Force Base for many years.  She was a member of First United Methodist Church.

            She is survived by her son Stanley Crowder and wife Elisa of Cherokee; three grandchildren, Julie Mohler and husband Jason of Andover, KS, Jennifer Foster and husband Byron of Lanett, AL, and Ginger Crowder of Edmond; and great-grandchildren, Ethan, Andra and Grant of Andover, KS.

            She was preceded in death by her parents and sister Louise, who were killed in a tornado in Alva in April, 1939; and husband Dr. Howard Norris, in June 1975. 

            Memorials may be made through the funeral home to Hospice Circle of Love.