Edward Norton

Norton, Edward Imler "Ed" 25, of West Chester, Ohio passed away on Monday, November 22. He was born July 17, 1986 in Cincinnati, Ohio and except for four years in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, he's lived in West Chester all his life. His parents were Diane nee: Stork Norton and Peter Norton, both of West Chester. Ohio. Other survivors include his brother Andrew Joseph Aj Norton, loving aunts and uncles; Martha nee: Norton and Frank Chapman, Nancy Norton, Barbara "Boo" Norton, Michael David Stork and James Robinson, Aunt Virginia "Ginnny" Johnson nee: Stork and great Aunt Laura Perkins Brothers nee Imler. He was cherished by cousins Osee Koger, Kim Baker, Melissa DeHart, Lori and Bill Crawford and their sons: John, Kyle and Cody, Mark and Cathy Alkire, Erin and James Britton and Ben and Gipsy, Giuseppe Alkire. He is preceded in death by both his maternal grandparents James and Ruth Stork nee: Imler and Edward and Barbaranee: Burkhalter Norton. Ed attented Lakota's Hopewell schools and Lakota's Wokini Academy and was a graduate of the Middletown Adult Continuation Education program having received his G.E.D. on December 30, 2005. While at Hopewell, he participated in track, jazz band and solo and ensemble contest. A kind but troubled soul, later Ed took great comfort from West Chester Narcotics Anonymous Chapter. Visitation will be Sunday from 4 - 6 PM at the Breitenbach-McCoy- Leffler Funeral Home. A memorial service will begin @ 6 PM. Please sign the online registry at www.breitenbachfuneralhome.com . Spreading of the ashes will be done as a private family matter. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his memory to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, N.A.M.I. Butler County.