Vanella Opal Norvell

Vanella Opal (Buckner) Norvell, 87, of Madison Township, died Wednesday, October 1, 2008, at her residence. She was born in Morehead, Kentucky on December 14, 1920 to parents Charles and Flora F. (Springer) Buckner.

Vanella worked for Eversharp, General Electric, and Aeronca and also managed rental properties in Ohio and Florida. She was a Born Again Christian, and attended New Life Temple, under Pastor Dean Sheets, in the late sixties and seventies. She then became a member of Harlan Park Church of God, now Stratford Heights Church of God. Vanella was a wonderful cook, an avid gardener, and loved to fish as often as she could with her family and friends in Canada, Florida and Lake Erie. She tended her vegetable and flower gardens, canned and preserved her fresh produce and pressed, dried and arranged her flowers into designs and picture arrangements which she gave away as gifts to many people. She volunteered for Middletown Hospital, Garden Manor Nursing Home, and loved to cook for those in need and those having a hard time in their life. She was a Big Sis with the Big Brothers/Sisters organization. She was active in many of her church's ministries and was a passionate prayer warrior for her family, friends and all the world.

Mrs. Norvell was preceded in death by her parents; her brothers and sisters, Iva Mae Riley, Mary Collins, Elmo, Monroe, Elwood, and Virginia Buckner, and Guy, Arlie, Tina, Lorina, and Barbara Stone, and Betty Jo Hutchinson; and by her great granddaughter, Isabell Higgs. She is survived by her husband, whom she married on July 20, 1962, William L. Norvell Sr.; sons, William "Butch" (Molly) Norvell Jr. and Stephen (Terri) Norvell and grandchildren, Aimee (Matt) Higgs, Chad (Carmie) Norvell, Ryan (Kristin) Norvell, Justin Norvell, and Amanda Norvell; great grandchildren, Gabe, Caroline and Isaac Higgs, and Drew, Lilly and Presley Norvell; special nieces, Phyllis Robinson, Anne (Larry) Inloes and Sherry (Jimmy) Hill; and her special friend, June Barker.

Funeral Service will be held Friday, October 3, 2008 at 10:00 AM at Stratford Heights Church of God, 4419 Nelson Rd., Middletown. Visitation will be Thursday evening from 5:00 – 8:00 PM at WILSON-SCHRAMM-SPAULDING FUNERAL HOME, 3805 Roosevelt Blvd. (at Bonita Dr.), Middletown. Interment will be at Woodside Cemetery. Family and friends are invited to join together for a time of fellowship at Stratford Heights Church of God immediately following the committal service.

Funeral Home:
Wilson-Schramm-Spaulding
3805 Roosevelt Blvd.
Middletown, OH
US 45044