BRUNSWICK — Norma Eloise Hall, 95, died unexpectedly Feb. 20.

Born in Portland, May 6, 1914, a daughter of Fred Everett and Mildred L. Butler Carpenter, she attended Portland schools, graduating from Deering High School in 1932. 

She married Thurland Chester Hall in Portland on May 24, 1934. 

In 1942 they moved to Brunswick and she worked for some time in the Brunswick schools cafeterias. 

She enjoyed children and taught music on her piano to many neighborhood children by numbering the keys.  An appreciation for nature, she enjoyed watching and feeding birds. 
She especially enjoyed family gatherings where she would serve as the official photographer.

She was predeceased by her husband Thurland on April 29, 1991; two brothers, Leon and Lloyd Carpenter and a sister, Virginia Bates.

Surviving are two sons, Philip C. Hall and his wife, Dorothy of Harrah, Okla., and Stephen E. Hall and his wife Nancy of Upper Marlboro, Md., and a daughter, Ellen H. Campbell and her husband Wayne of Lisbon Falls; three grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held earlier this week.

Memorial contributions may be made to the United Methodist Church, 320 Church Road, Brunswick, ME 04011.

Arrangements are by Brackett Funeral Home, 29 Federal St., Brunswick. 

A tribute of her life may be viewed at brackettfuneralhome.com. 

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