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Norma L. Durbin

Norma L. Durbin, 88, of Fort Wayne, IN, and formerly of Huntington, IN, died Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018, at 4:15 p.m. at Coventry Meadows in Fort Wayne.

Mrs. Durbin was a 1948 graduate of Huntington Catholic High School. She had worked many years at the Chicago Motor Club in Huntington and Marion. She worked a s bookeeper, a retail clerk, an administrator and also worked for a time in the Huntington Township Assessor’s office.

She was born Sept. 22, 1930, in Huntington to Henry and Nova Venis Falck. She married Herman Ness in 1951, and that marriage ended in the early 1970s. She married Robert C. Durbin on Feb. 14, 1975, and he preceded her in death.

Survivors include two daughters, Victoria (James) Thompson, of Waterloo, and Lorraine Ness, of Fort Wayne; two sons, Kim (Brenda) Ness, of Huntington, and Paul (Belinda) Ness, of Fishers; a stepdaughter, Pamela (Arnold) Oldach, of Arizona; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a stepdaughter, Michelle Durbin.

Calling is Wednesday, Oct.17, 2018, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Myers Funeral Home Huntington Chapel, 2901 Guilford St., Huntington. A funeral Mass will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018, at 11 a.m. at the funeral home. Interment will be at the Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Huntington County.

Memorials are to Heartland Hospice or to Kingston Memory Care, both in care of Myers Funeral Home, 2901 Guilford St., Huntington, IN 46750.

The online guest book may be signed at www.myersfuneralhomes.com.