OBITUARY FROM POST-TRIBUNE WEBSITE:

Norma Jean Bynum, age 78 of Hobart passed away Thursday, October 15, 2009. She was born on February 19, 1931 in Hobart Indiana. She was a lifetime Hobart resident and a member of the Hobart Presbyterian Church for over 50 years. Norma retired from Ribordy's Drug store. She was involved in many different church organizations including the board of Deacons and the Womens Association. Norma loved flower gardening, sewing, and her family especially her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

She is survived by 2 sons, Terrance (Vicki) Bynum of Duluth, MN, Ronald (Rebecca) Bynum of Daytona Beach, FL; 2 sisters, Nancy Detterline of Portage, IN, Mary Peek of Portage, IN; 1 brother, Robert Wagoner of Carson City, NV; 3 grandchildren, Jessica, Matthew, and Rachel Bynum; 3 great-grandchildren, Hunter, Mia, and Paris; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her father, James Wagoner; her mother, Ruth Reynolds; and her husband, Buell Bynum; sisters, Beatrice Cundiff, Janice Sumner; and brothers, Alvin and James Wagoner.

There will be a memorial service on Monday, October 19, 2009 at 11:30 a.m. at Rees Funeral Home, Hobart Chapel, 600 West Old Ridge Road, Hobart with Rev. Jeffrey Carter officiating. Memorial visitation will be on Sunday, October 18, 2009 from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Rees Funeral Home, Hobart Chapel. Call (219)942-2109 or online at www.Reesfuneralhomes.com.

This information was obtained from: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/post-tribune/name/norma-bynum-obituary?id=23841050. The picture above was obtained from the 1949 HHS Utopian yearbook, made available by the Lake County Public Library, at: https://archive.org/details/HOHS1949Images/. The picture below was obtained from: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26647561/norma-jean-bynum.