Norma V. Maxted

MAXTED — Norma V. (Dennis), 93; born March 16, 1926, Cambridge, Idaho; died Jan. 22, 2020, College Place, Washington. Surviving: husband, Edward; sons, Glenn Maxted, College Place; Stan Maxted, Walla Walla, Washington; son, Greg Maxted, Milton-Freewater, Oregon; daughters, Martha (Maxted) Schaffer, Covington, Washington; Susan Maxted, College Place; Elly Maxted, Milton-Freewater; Candace (Maxted) Seely, Touchet, Washington; 9 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild.

Norma V. Maxted

1926–2020

Born in Cambridge, Idaho, Norma and her family moved to Caldwell where she attended school including Gem State Academy. She married J. Ed Maxted in February 1945. During their early married life they did custom farming in Idaho and Washington. They moved to Grandview, Washington, where they started their family.

In 1963 they moved to College Place, Washington, where Ed worked for Walla Walla College in the transportation department. Norma became a licensed foster parent and did child care in her home. She led out in the children’s divisions of the Adventist churches wherever she lived and for the Upper Columbia Conference camp meetings when the children’s divisions met in large tents on the campus of the old Rogers Elementary school. Norma loved to cook, bake, crochet and knit for family and friends.

Norma is survived by her husband, Ed Maxted; children and their spouses, Martha and Charles Schaffer, Covington, Washington; Glenn and Wendy Maxted, College Place; Susan Maxted, College Place; Stan and Debra Maxted, Walla Walla, Washington; Greg Maxted, Milton-Freewater, Oregon; Elly Maxted, Milton-Freewater; Candace and Karl Seely, Touchet, Washington; 9 grandchildren, 13 great grandchildren and a great-great grandchild.