Submitted by Bill Norvell 1965 <w.norvell@att.net>
on 14/Jan/2023
107.145.178.172
Norma Rae Terry - Class of 1947, Our beloved Mother,
Nana, Cousin, Friend Norma Vradenburgh passed peacefully in
her sleep at home in South Carolina Saturday December 17
after 93 beautiful years with us. We have so many
wonderful memories of our time with her as we mourn this
tremendous loss. Norma was one of the hardest workers
anyone has ever known who was devoted to her family and
faith for her entire life through her most recent
years. She was full of lessons she fondly and often
passed to everyone she touched like, “Have patience, and
don’t be in such a hurry.” and “Life is all about new
beginnings (Neuba-Ginnings).” Norma,
daughter of Henrietta & Raymond Terry was born in
Cornwall, NY in 1929. She was married and truly
devoted to her husband Robert Vradenburgh for 57 years
living in Middlehope before he passed in 2006. They enjoyed
boating together while traveling annually with their two
daughters and extended family to the Thousand Islands in
Gananoque, Ontario, Canada. She was
employed by the late Bernice & Louis Colandrea for 47
years to provide for all their household needs, becoming
Bernie’s close friend and travel companion later in
life. She took such pride in her work with flawless
precision, ethics, and great effort. She then became a
home healthcare aid for over a decade, often caring for
patients older than herself. Norma was a devoted member of
the Middle Hope United Methodist/Episcopal church,
Fostertown United Methodist Church, and Bethlehem
Presbyterian Church throughout her life. She held
various volunteer roles at each including choir member, bell
choir mentor, elder, and beloved children’s sermon leader
while acting with her frog, Neuba, singing, and dancing,
passing scriptures on to impressionable youth and adults
alike. Long before she was our Nana, she was a volunteer for
multiple local organizations including President Middle Hope
Elementary School PTA, fundraiser events for the Middlehope
Fire Department. She loved to play records
for her grandchildren and great grandchildren in her home,
cook, take everyone on orchard outings, and do crafts to
keep all occupied and smiling. Her many hobbies
included collecting bells, frogs, and assembling her
intricate annual display winter village and nativity scenes.
She shared all this with her best friend, her late mother,
Henrietta M. Terry (G.G.) who lived in her home for many
years and rarely left her side. Their mother daughter
relationship was the most special anyone would ever witness.
In raising Dachshunds, they became a special part of her
heart and family.
Norma is survived by
her daughter Deborah and husband John Grillo of Port St.
Lucie, FL, Robin and husband Curtis Worden of Myrtle Beach,
SC, grandchildren Shea Piekarz, Jacci Grillo-Noto and
husband Kris, Bryan Piekarz, Adam Piekarz and wife Jena,
great grandchildren Brennan, Jessica, Ethan, Atticus, and
Dahlia, great great grandchildren Delilah and Hayden,
Goddaughter Lynn Cosman, cousins Margaret and Susan Satterly
as well as many other treasured cousins. She was predeceased
by her husband, Robert Vradenburgh, and parents Henrietta
and Raymond Terry. Norma had many special family, friends,
and neighbors she held dear over the years, too many to
list. - March 29,1929 - December 17,2022
Services to follow Spring
2023 where Norma will be laid to rest beside Robert at
Bethlehem Presbyterian Church, 1520 NY-94, New Windsor, NY.
Immediate arrangements were entrusted to the Myrtle Beach
Funeral Home & Crematory
(843) 293-4505,
https://www.myrtlebeachfuneralhome.com
Norma Rae Terry - Class of 1947, Our beloved Mother,
Nana, Cousin, Friend Norma Vradenburgh passed peacefully in
her sleep at home in South Carolina Saturday December 17
after 93 beautiful years with us. We have so many
wonderful memories of our time with her as we mourn this
tremendous loss. Norma was one of the hardest workers
anyone has ever known who was devoted to her family and
faith for her entire life through her most recent
years. She was full of lessons she fondly and often
passed to everyone she touched like, “Have patience, and
don’t be in such a hurry.” and “Life is all about new
beginnings (Neuba-Ginnings).” Norma,
daughter of Henrietta & Raymond Terry was born in
Cornwall, NY in 1929. She was married and truly
devoted to her husband Robert Vradenburgh for 57 years
living in Middlehope before he passed in 2006. They enjoyed
boating together while traveling annually with their two
daughters and extended family to the Thousand Islands in
Gananoque, Ontario, Canada. She was
employed by the late Bernice & Louis Colandrea for 47
years to provide for all their household needs, becoming
Bernie’s close friend and travel companion later in
life. She took such pride in her work with flawless
precision, ethics, and great effort. She then became a
home healthcare aid for over a decade, often caring for
patients older than herself. Norma was a devoted member of
the Middle Hope United Methodist/Episcopal church,
Fostertown United Methodist Church, and Bethlehem
Presbyterian Church throughout her life. She held
various volunteer roles at each including choir member, bell
choir mentor, elder, and beloved children’s sermon leader
while acting with her frog, Neuba, singing, and dancing,
passing scriptures on to impressionable youth and adults
alike. Long before she was our Nana, she was a volunteer for
multiple local organizations including President Middle Hope
Elementary School PTA, fundraiser events for the Middlehope
Fire Department. She loved to play records
for her grandchildren and great grandchildren in her home,
cook, take everyone on orchard outings, and do crafts to
keep all occupied and smiling. Her many hobbies
included collecting bells, frogs, and assembling her
intricate annual display winter village and nativity scenes.
She shared all this with her best friend, her late mother,
Henrietta M. Terry (G.G.) who lived in her home for many
years and rarely left her side. Their mother daughter
relationship was the most special anyone would ever witness.
In raising Dachshunds, they became a special part of her
heart and family.
