Norman died October 31, 2019 after a long struggle with diabetes and kidney disease. He was a resident of Burcham Hills Center for Health and Rehabilitation at the time of his death. Norman was born September 10, 1968 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina to Linda (Britton) and John Halsey. He grew up in the college towns of Madison, Wisconsin and East Lansing, where the family moved in 1976. He graduated from East Lansing High School in 1986.
Norman loved to cook and worked in the local restaurant industry his entire career. He ended up as a cook at the Peanut Barrel, across the street from Michigan State University in East Lansing.
He loved traveling and visited many national parks in the US and many countries in Europe with his parents. Cruising became a favorite kind of travel in his later years. He loved sports and attended many seasons of MSU basketball until health issues made it too difficult for him to get to the games. At the end of his life he spent much of his time reading modern fiction, eating spicy-hot Indian food, watching movies on DVD and listening to classic rock music.
He will be cremated, as per his wishes, and buried near his maternal grandparents in Midland, Michigan.
There will be no visitation at this time but a memorial service will be held December 5 at 2 p.m. at Gorsline Runciman Funeral Homes, 1730 East Grand River Avenue, East Lansing, MI.
Donations may be made to the Ingham County Animal Shelter, 600 Buhl St., Mason, MI 48854 or the Capital Area Humane Society, 7095 W. Grand River Ave., Lansing, MI 48906
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