Norma Evelyn Pearch

Norma Evelyn Pearch, 93, of New Philadelphia, passed away on Sunday, November 29, 2020, at Country Club Retirement Center in Dover, after a brief illness. Born October 10, 1927 in Newport, Ohio near Uhrichsville, she was a daughter of the late Ray “Bud” and Opal Mildred (Milligan) Watson.

Norma was a 1945 graduate of Uhrichsville High School who, in her later years, enjoyed keeping up with her former schoolmates through their card club. In addition to being a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and homemaker, she had also been the head of human resources for a real estate agency in Chicago until her retirement in 1997.

She will be deeply missed by her surviving family which includes her sons, Randy (Rita), Jamey (Debbie), and twins, Chris, and Mark (companion, Charlotte Hines) Bryan; grandchildren, Jacob (Michelle), Steve (Alex), Matthew (Sarah), Bonnie (Bill), Paul (Daiquiri), Natalie, and Jessy (Emilee); seven great-grandchildren; sister, Kay (David) Stewart; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, Bud and Opal; husband, Richard Alan Pearch whom she married on March 8, 1969 and who passed on May 14, 1981; and brothers, Don, George (Betty), Dean, and “Buck” Watson; and sister, Dorlene Jackson.

In the interest of public health, Rev. Scot Caley, will officiate a private service before her interment in Uhrichsville’s Union Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Community Hospice.