Norma Dondero

Norma (Morton) Dondero, 85, died Saturday July 23, 2011 at Mineral Springs in North Conway after a prolonged illness. She was born in Andover, Maine on January 8th 1926. She moved to Bartlett and graduated from Kennett High School in 1944. She married Louis J. Dondero, Jr. on the 26th of June in 1944.

She and Louis started their married life in the Dondero Block in North Conway, later they moved to Sunderland and then to Rutland Vermont. It was in Rutland where Norma started her fabric shop. They moved back to North Conway in 1975 and took over the operation of the family building on Main Street. Norma opened Dondero's Fabric Shop and operated it into the late 90's. Then she retired and enjoyed reading and was well known among the early morning walkers around the village.

Norma leaves behind her two sons, Mitchell Dondero of Brownfield, ME and Mathew Dondero of Eliot, ME; two grandchildren, Jennifer Dondero of Old Orchard Beach, ME and Andrew Dondero of Dover; two sisters, Marilyn Bennett and Althea Hall, both of Conway; her brother Peter Morton of Bartlett and many nieces and nephews and their children.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday July 27, 2011 at 11 a.m. in the Glen Community Baptist Church in Glen with the Rev. William B. Rose, Jr., pastor, officiating. Burial will be in the North Conway Cemetery. Visiting hours will be Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Furber & White Funeral Home in North Conway.