Phillip Spencer Norby

  Research Notes:

1. general research: Ancestry Public Members Tree: owner Richardson3601

- spouse to Living Lemke [ married maybe abt 1940 ]; children Living Norby [ born abt 1960 ], female married to Living Silva, with daughter [ born abt 1980 ], who is married to living Richardson with 2 children living

2. Obit, 1996

- born in Poulsbo; when he was 2 years old <1918>, moved to Bellingham
- graduated from Whatcom High School; graduated from Pacific Lutheran College in 1940; after WW II he completed a Masters' in Education at PLU
- joined the Marine Corps; served in 21 engagements in WW II with the USS Enterprise in the South Pacific
- taught school at Fife Grade school and later was Principal - retired in 1976

- survived by his wife Norma of 49 years; daughter Catherine Silva, Vachon Island (north of Tacoma by ferry); sons Spencer (Kathy) of Tacoma and Paul (Tammy) of Fife, WA (15-20 kms west of Tacoma); grandchildren; survived by sisters, Pernille Rollinger, Marie Looysen, Josephine Fiorito, and brother, Joseph, all of Seattle, and sister, Volly Grande of Tacoma
- predeceased by his parents, brother Theo, and sisters Ester Meyer and Edna Haavik

- active with Hope Lutheran Church, Fife Lions Club; enjoyed archery, horseshoes, outdoors fishing and camping inthe Olympics and in the Hoodsport area - where his paternal grandparents had homesteaded in 1898 [ 22 Dec 2010 - however, Halvor Paulson Norby and Pernille Skaret and some children are recorded in the 1892 WA State Census for Hoodsport ]

3. The Seattle Times

31 Oct 1945; page 15, col 5 - Sergt Phillip S Norby - discharged from service, Marine Corps
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  Noted events in his life were:

1. Military Service: US Marines with the US Enterprise during World War II, 1942-1945.

Phillip married Norma Louise Lemke.