Dorothy Wyckoff Norris

DAD!!! Here she comes!!! Dorothy Wyckoff Norris, 91, of Wilmington, died Wednesday, February 6, 2013, at Davis Health Care. She was born March 13, 1921 in Wilmington, NC, to the late Will Orlandor Wyckoff, Sr. and Mary Hershman Wyckoff. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Howard Don Norris; son, George Ernest Norris; sister, Margaret Wyckoff Thompson; brother, Will Orlandor Wyckoff, Jr. and step-son, Earl Norris. Survivors include her son, Don W. Norris and wife Beth Norris of Castle Hayne, NC and family, Chad Watkins and Erin Cohan; step-daughter, Beryl Norris of Exton, PA; step-daughter- in-law, Theresa Norris, of Lyndonville, VT; many nieces and nephews; many wonderful friends and special friends, Jean Taylor, Rachel Whittle, Cindy and Bill Burns, Tommy Umemonto and Neil Hunnicut. Dorothy graduated from New Hanover High School in 1938 and graduated from East Carolina Teacher's College in 1942. From 1942-1943, she was a teacher at New Hanover High School. She worked at the shipyard during World War II, as an IBM operator, from 1943-1946. Her career in education continued as a teacher at Burgaw School from 1954-1960, teacher and librarian at Roland Grise Jr. School from 1960-1966, Head Librarian at New Hanover High School from 1966-1967 and Head Librarian at J.T. Hoggard High School from 1967-1983. As a world traveler and adventurer, Dorothy enjoyed many ocean cruises, camel riding in the Sahara Desert, dog sledding in Iceland, touring the open air markets of India, Christmas in Moscow, Russia, riding rubber boats around icebergs in Alaskan waters, listening to Aborigines sing in Australia, riverboat cruises in the United States and throughout Europe, riding elephants in Thailand and standing barefooted in the Red Sea, the Black Sea, the Indian Ocean and many other bodies of water around the world. Dorothy was also a member of several organizations including the National Honor Society in High School, Who's Who of American Women 1974-75, Delta Kappa Gamma, American Association of University Women, American Library Association, North Carolina Association of School Libraries, National Education Association, North Carolina Association of Educators, Association of Classroom Teachers, District Mathematics Association, New Hanover County Retired School Personnel, New Hanover High School Class of '38 Reunion Committee and Friends of New Hanover Public Library. The family will receive visitors from 4-5pm, Saturday, February 9, 2013, at Andrews Mortuary Market Street Chapel. Funeral services will be private. The family would like to offer a special thanks to the staff at Plantation Village, Champions Assisted Living, Davis Nursing Home and Lower Cape Fear Hospice. Special thanks to the staff of Andrews Mortuary for the service you have provided to our family for many generations. Instead of flowers, you may send gifts to your favorite charity, because now, she starts; "The Greatest Adventure of All".