WADE, Norma Jean (Ballin) - b. June 2, 1927 - d. December 12, 2011

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Norma Jean Wade of Winfield, Kansas, age 84, died December 12, 2011 at Riverview Manor in Oxford, Kansas.

Survivors include her daughters, Karen (Dale) Morrell and Marilyn (Steve) Jones; son, Henry; brother, Alvin Ballin; and seven grandchildren.

Funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 17, 2011 at the Grenola Christian Church in Grenola, Kansas. Burial will be in the Greenlawn Cemetery. Visitation with family will be held from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Friday, December 17, 2011 at Swisher-Taylor & Morris Funeral Home, 803 Loomis Street, Winfield, Kansas 67156.  Condolences for the family may be made at funeraldirector@stmfh.com.

(published in the Wichita Eagle 12/15/2011)

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Norma Jean Wade, age 84, died December 12, 2011 at Riverview Manor in Oxford, Kansas.  She was born June 2, 1927 in the family home located in Grand Summit, Kansas to Henry and Delilah (Woods) Ballin.

Raised and educated in the Cambridge, Kansas area, she graduated from Cambridge High School in 1945.  On October 28, 1946, Norma was united in marriage to Robert Dee Wade who preceded her in death in 2009.  To this union were born three children.
Norma worked as a secretary for J.W. Powers Insurance before returning to school to earn her elementary education degree.  A graduate of Cowley County Junior College in Arkansas City, Kansas and Southwestern College in Winfield, Kansas where she was selected for The Order of the Mound, Norma was excited to begin her teaching career.  As an upper elementary teacher, she taught in both the Moline and Winfield school districts.  Upon retirement, she continued to enjoy her hobbies of sewing, quilting, traveling, and working for the Lord.  Both her natural and church families were very important to her.  Norma was a member of the Winfield First Christian Church.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert; her parents, Henry and Delilah Ballin; and her brother, Henry Ballin Jr.  Norma is survived by two daughters, Karen (Dale) Morrell of Maize, Kansas and Marilyn (Steve) Jones of El Dorado, Kansas; a son, Henry of Cambridge, Kansas; seven grandchildren, Daylene Morrell, Bryan Morrell, Sharon Leister, Brodie Jones, Shane Wade, Jason Keith,  and Levi Wade; six great-grandchildren; and a brother, Alvin Ballin of Cambridge, Kansas.  A host of family and friends are among those honoring her memory.

Services for Norma J. Wade were held December 17, 2011 at the Grenola Christian Church in Grenola, Kansas with Rev. Wallace Wartick officiating.  Interment followed in Greenlawn Cemetery.