Norma L. Hughes

Norma L. Hughes, age 80, of Savanna, Illinois, died Monday October 27, 2008, at Big Meadows Nursing Facility, Savanna, after a long illness. A Graveside Service will be held at Clinton Lawn Cemetery on Friday October 31, 2008 at 1:00 p.m. with Reverend Larry Thomson from the First United Methodist Church, Savanna officiating. Memorials may be directed to the First United Methodist Church in Savanna.
Norma was born May 5, 1928 in Clinton, Iowa to Glen E. “Jack” and Leona Getty Sims. She married Donald L. Hughes on May 5, 1951 in Clinton. She graduated from Clinton High School in 1946. Norma worked at Eaton Controls in Savanna as an inspector for twenty five years until her retirement.
Norma was a member of the Savanna First United Methodist Church and the Order of the Eastern Star. She was an avid sports fan, cheering for the Iowa Hawkeyes and the Chicago Cubs.
Norma will be dearly missed by her husband, Donald; one daughter, Nancy (Tom) Sweitzer of Milledgeville; a son, Donald Hughes Jr. of Aransas Pass, Texas; and a granddaughter, Allison (Aaron) Eilers of Billings, Montana.
Norma was preceded in death by her parents and two brothers.