Norma Imogene French^[1]

1925 - 1990  (65 years)

• Name	Norma Imogene French  [1, 2]
  Born	25 Feb 1925	Bar Mills, ME   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Baptism	19 Jun 1932	Providence, RI
  	Address: St. Thomas Episcopal Church
  Confirmation	16 Feb 1936	Providence, RI
  	Address: St. Thomas Episcopal Church
  FindaGrave	Address: FindAGrave Memorial 63078014  [4]
  	FindAGrave Memorial 63078014
  Buried	Jun 1990	Buxton, ME   [5, 6]
  	Address: South Buxton Cemetery
  	43.608949, -70.539350
  Died	21 Jun 1990	Torrington, CT   [1, 2, 3]
  	Cause: of cancer
  	Address: Charlotte Hungerford Hospital
  Person ID	I2	Puffers
  Last Modified	28 Feb 2019

  
  

  Father	Charles Kimball Worcester French,   b. 14 Feb 1898, Columbia, ME ,   d. 26 Nov 1967, Lakeville, CT  (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Frances Alma Smith,   b. 24 Jan 1901, Columbia, ME ,   d. 18 May 1979, Canaan, CT  (Age 78 years)
  Married	7 Nov 1917	Columbia, ME
  Family ID	F11584	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Charles Caranci,   b. 7 Feb 1922, Greenville, RI ,   d. 14 Jul 1970, Centerdale, RI  (Age 48 years)
  Married	19 Jun 1943	Centerdale, RI
  Divorced	21 Sep 1964	Alexandria, VA   [7]
  	The legal grounds or cause of divorce was "Desertion". My mother and her children were told by my father to "get out", from what little information I got from her. She never told the whole story of their separation/divorce. He was the plaintiff in the divorce and it's hard to imagine that desertion was the cause, when he was the one to tell us all to get out.
  Children	1. John Charles Caranci,   b. 21 Jan 1945, Providence, RI ,   d. 16 May 2016, Bellevue, NE  (Age 71 years)   2. Living   3. Living   4. Living
  Last Modified	16 Jul 2019
  Family ID	F5985	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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• Notes

  In the 1930 Census she was listed as residing in the household of her aunt, Hazel Marie (Smith) Pinkham, in Hollis, ME. She went to live with them as her father and mother were not able to keep all their kids together during the Depression. Norma moved from Alexandria VA to Lakeville, CT in Oct of 1961, after being separated from her husband of 19 years. Prior to that she lived in Providence, RI where she met her husband. She lived in Japan from 1957-1961 with her family. She was employed for most of her life (30 years) as a printer for The Hotchkiss School, a private prep school in Lakeville, CT. She also had jobs as a secretary, bookeeper, and waitress. She was a recovering alcoholic. She never remarried after her divorce and raised her children alone. She was eulogized as a tireless, hard working woman and loving mother who did her best during difficult times to support and raise 4 boys virtually on her own.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2174] Connecticut Death Index, 1949-2012, Database online. Record for Norma I Caranci [S1383] SSDI, Database online. Number: 036-18-3382; Issue State: Rhode Island; Issue Date: Before 1951. Record for Norma I. Caranci [S2405] US Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007. [S2196] FindAGrave.com, S2196. [S1383] SSDI. [S2196] FindAGrave.com, S2196., memorial # 63078014 . [S2428] Virginia Divorce Records, 1918-2014.