Obituary for Colette Norbeck
Colette Marie Norbeck, 91, a lifelong resident of Watertown, SD, passed away on Monday, November 1, 2021.
Memorial services will be at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, April 2, 2022 at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Watertown with Father Richard Fox and Father John Lantsberger officiating.
Burial will be at St. Mary's Cemetery, Watertown, SD.
Colette was born to Charles and Margaret (Kaiser) Mack on December 23, 1929, in Kranzburg, SD. She attended Immaculate Conception School through the 9th grade. Colette attended and graduated from Watertown High School in 1947. She then attended Northern State Teachers College in Aberdeen, SD, and received her Rural School Teachers Certificate. Colette went to work for Northwestern Bell Telephone Company in 1948, first as a telephone operator and then as a Service Assistant.
Colette married Judge Herbert Norbeck in 1960. Because of ill health, she left the telephone company in 1966. Herbert Norbeck passed away in March of 1977.
Colette enjoyed gardening and crocheting, reading, some writing in her earlier days, and also painting.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Judge Herbert O. Norbeck, and three siblings Irene Peters, Edmund Mack, and Edmunda Hopkins.
Colette is survived by her son, Dr. John (Carol) Norbeck of Lakewood, WA; her sister, Mary Ann Wonderlin of Des Moines, IA; one granddaughter, Carrie Norbeck (Dr. Brandon) LaDoux of Steamboat, WA; two great granddaughters, Sydney and Quinn LaDoux; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Arrangements by Wight & Comes Funeral Chapel-www.wightandcomes.com.
Memorial services will be at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, April 2, 2022 at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Watertown with Father Richard Fox and Father John Lantsberger officiating.
Burial will be at St. Mary's Cemetery, Watertown, SD.
Colette was born to Charles and Margaret (Kaiser) Mack on December 23, 1929, in Kranzburg, SD. She attended Immaculate Conception School through the 9th grade. Colette attended and graduated from Watertown High School in 1947. She then attended Northern State Teachers College in Aberdeen, SD, and received her Rural School Teachers Certificate. Colette went to work for Northwestern Bell Telephone Company in 1948, first as a telephone operator and then as a Service Assistant.
Colette married Judge Herbert Norbeck in 1960. Because of ill health, she left the telephone company in 1966. Herbert Norbeck passed away in March of 1977.
Colette enjoyed gardening and crocheting, reading, some writing in her earlier days, and also painting.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Judge Herbert O. Norbeck, and three siblings Irene Peters, Edmund Mack, and Edmunda Hopkins.
Colette is survived by her son, Dr. John (Carol) Norbeck of Lakewood, WA; her sister, Mary Ann Wonderlin of Des Moines, IA; one granddaughter, Carrie Norbeck (Dr. Brandon) LaDoux of Steamboat, WA; two great granddaughters, Sydney and Quinn LaDoux; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Arrangements by Wight & Comes Funeral Chapel-www.wightandcomes.com.