Norma L. Blaschke

June 20, 1930 - January 22, 2024

Norma L. Blaschke (nee Watson) 93, of Westville NJ Beloved wife, devoted mother, loving grandmother and sister passed away peacefully at Samaritan Hospice Voorhees, NJ on January 22, 2024.

Norma dedicated her life to her family and will be deeply missed by all who knew her. Norma was the daughter of the late B. Frank & Prudence Watson Sr. She was the beloved wife for 62 years of the late Carl; devoted mother of Harry, Barbara Lee (Francis) and loving grandmother of Sterling Blaschke Long (Katrina); dear sister to the late George, Elsie Anne and Frank Watson Jr. She was baptized in 1946, age 16 in Lake Malaga NJ. She always told people that she was a freshwater Baptist.

Norma was a parishioner of St Stephen Lutheran Church Woodbury, NJ; member of Westville Seniors, Antique Automobile Club of America, Gloucester County Historical Society, American History Museum Deptford, NJ, Reading Company & Technical Society and West Jersey Chapter NHRS. Norma was a 1948 Woodrow Wilson High School graduate Camden, NJ and a 1978 Katherine Gibbs Philadelphia business school alumni.

Norma worked at General Accident Insurance Company Philadelphia, PA , Campbell Soup Camden, NJ and as a secretary at Strawbridge & Clothier Philadelphia, PA.

Norma was a Cub Scout den mother and room mother for Harry and Barbara,  also a member of ELCA women's group at former St John Lutheran Church Westville, NJ. Many lasting memories traveling to West Germany 1976 for her and Carl's 25th wedding anniversary to visitCarl's family.

Spending summers in rural Hyde County and Tyrrell County in North Carolina to visit both sets of her grandparents was done every year, going down to North Carolina on a steam train, also Bermuda and Mackinac Island, Michigan with high school best friend Carmella Roadarmel.

Norma enjoyed traveling to Europe six times, three times with Barbara. When Norma saw the Eiffel Tower in Paris, she stood up and said to everyone on the tour bus "is that all there is."

In lieu of flowers, donations may be given to Animal Welfare Association 509 Centennial Blvd. Voorhees, NJ 08043

Realitives and friends are invited to attend a Visitation for Norma on January 26,2024 Friday morning from 10 AM - 11AM at the  Ellis-Stiefel Funeral Home 301 Highland Avenue Westville, NJ 08093.

Burial will follow at the Eglington Cemetery Clarksboro, NJ 08062.

Memories and condolences may be shared @ellisstiefelfuneralhome.com