In Loving Memory Of Garry Eugene Norman

Garry Eugene Norman was born on October 28, 1949 in Chewelah Washington. Garry grew up in a large family in the Valley area. After graduating from Mary Walker High School in 1968 he volunteered for the U.S. Army and he served in the Vietnam War. He served with the 20th Engineers Brigade 984th Land Clearers Company. Garry was a Veteran of the Vietnam War and he was the recipient of the Purple Heart, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Campaign Medal w/60 Device, Vietnam Service Medal w/2 Bronze Service Stars.
When Garry came home from Vietnam he met the love of his life, Joyce. Garry and Joyce married and had three girls, one of which unfortunately died at childbirth.
Garry worked for the National Park Service at Fort Spokane as a Maintenance Mechanic for twenty years. He had to retire early due to medical conditions that resulted from Agent Orange exposure while in Vietnam.
Garry enjoyed his remaining days surrounded by family and his old Ford cars. Unfortunately, the Agent Orange would cause him to have many significant health issues including kidney failure, heart problems, diabetes and cancer.
Garry was able to enter into his rest on September 9, 2024. He will always be remembered as a hero by his wife and his daughters. He was a stand-up guy and he was loved and respected by everyone who was fortunate enough to know him.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Woodrow and Emmaline Norman, his three brothers, Duane, Hap and Tom Norman, his sister Patricia Bodey, his daughter Shane Marie Norman, nephew,  Tony Norman, and niece Natalie Cowick and fellow soldiers and friends Bob Collins and Tom Bennett.
He is survived by his wife of fifty-two years, Joyce Norman, his daughter Carmen Scheel and her husband Jeff, his daughter Shannon Blanchard and her husband Jim, his sister Debbie Swearngin and her husband and dear friend Richard, his sister Sheila Davis, his grandchildren, Marissa and Johnathan Booth, Mariah and Spencer Transue, Brandon Scheel and Greyson Blanchard, his nephew Lyle Norman and his wife Kim and many more nieces and nephews.