Zona Carver Noren

Zona Carver Noren, 93, of Sacramento, a former teacher and State of California employee who lived in the Sacramento area for nearly 50 years, passed away at her home on the morning of December 16th. Zona was a wonderful and loving mother, grandmother, and great grandmother.

Born in Steamboat Springs, CO, Zona was the fourth and last surviving child of Walter and Nell Carver. As a teenager, she and her parents moved to southern California, where she graduated from Los Angeles City High School, then went on to earn her Bachelor of Arts degree at UCLA, and later earned her teaching credentials at Los Angeles State College in 1952.

She was a member of the Fremont Presbyterian Church in Sacramento and lived an active and accomplished life. Among her achievements, she taught elementary school for 18 years, she was an accomplished and award-winning pianist, a champion spelling bee contestant, she played tennis in her youth, and enjoyed reading and playing games with her children and grandchildren.

She is survived by her four children, Robert Noren (sp. Barbara) – Woodland, CA, Cynthia Hubbard (sp. Glen) – Sweet Home, OR, John Noren (sp. Diana) – Peachtree City, GA, David Noren (sp. Tricia) – Roseville, CA, her four grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Preceded in death by her parents, Walter Lewis Carver and Nell Josephine (Anderson) Carver and siblings, Robert Carver, William (Bill) Carver, and Dorothy Carver.

A memorial service will be held at the Fremont Presbyterian Church in Sacramento on February 1, 2020 (time TBD)

Memorial Card Poem:

I think no matter where you stray, That I shall go with you a way. Though you may wander sweeter lands, You will not forget my hands, Nor yet the way I held my head Nor the tremulous things I said. You will still see me, small and white And smiling, in the secret night, And feel my arms about you when The day comes fluttering back again. I think, no matter where you be, You’ll hold me in your memory And keep my image there without me, By telling later loves about me. –Dorothy Parker