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- Portland Press Herald (ME)
December 7, 2016
DEER ISLE - Norma Dorothy Klemenz Vickerson, 81, passed away Dec. 5, 2016, in Deer Isle.
She was born in Stonington, January 24, 1935, daughter of Norman and Harriet F. (Larrabee) Sellers.
Later, Norma's mother married Samuel W. Judkins who adopted Norma and her younger brother Paul.
Norma was a young child when her family moved to Connecticut for work during the World War II. Norma grew up in Connecticut, but returned to Stonington each summer to live with her grandmother Georgina Larrabee.
On Feb. 8, 1952, Norma married James E. Klemenz. Norma and James raised seven children in Connecticut and also were foster parents to hundreds of children over the years for the state of Connecticut and the state of Maine, and for Catholic Family Services in the Archdiocese of Hartford. When James became ill in 1976, the family moved to Deer Isle to be near relatives during James' illness. James passed a year after the move to Maine.
In 1979, Norma married Harry R. Vickerson, a pastor to the family during James' illness. Harry and Norma later became parents to a son and a daughter, Adam and Leslie.
Norma is survived by her beloved husband, Harry R. Vickerson; three daughters: Patricia Leach, her husband William, of Deer Isle; Marie Rolon, her husband Mario, of Wisconsin; and Leslie Duncan, partner Ryan Matson, of Deer Isle; five sons: James and partner Colleen; Peter Klemenz, his wife Laurie, both of Stonington; Keith Klemenz and wife Sonda, of Little Deer Isle; Daniel Klemenz and partner Kelly, of Deer Isle; and Michael Klemenz and wife Pam, of Sedgwick; 26 grandchildren and 31 great-grandchildren. Norma is also survived by two sisters: Sandra (Mrs. Bruce) Jones, of Stonington; and Ann (Mrs. Walter) Yatzook, of Connecticut; and several nieces and nephews.
Besides her parents, she was predeceased by her first husband of 26 1/2 years, James E. Klemenz; a son, Adam Vickerson; her brother, Paul Judkins; a grandson, Daniel Parker; and two great-grandchildren, Alivia and Madden Parker.
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