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Norine F. Kirchner (Benz) age 88 of Bloomingdale passed peacefully on Monday, August 5, 2013.
She was born in the family home at 396 Clinton Street in Haledon and raised on Gianti Street in Haledon. She attended Hawthorne High School with the Class of 1943.
After high school Norine found work in New York City as a commercial artist. After a few years she became a freelance artist designing greeting cards and wallpaper for several different companies. Her artistic talent passed from her father Otto Benz who was a renowned painter listed in the Who’s Who of American Artists. He specialized in barns, landscapes, and homes having worked in the Haledon area for many years.
Norine enjoyed boating, deep sea fishing on the family boat that was kept in Staten Island for many years. She traveled extensively and was a lover of cats and dogs having had many through the years. Norine was happiest when she had her family around her.
She was the loving wife of thirty years to the late Gordon Kirchner(2002); devoted mother of Susanne Gillespie of West Milford; cherished grandmother of Todd Alan Gillespie and his wife Theresa, and Timothy Gillespie; much loved great-grandmother of Alexandra and Thomas Gillespie; she was predeceased by two sisters and one brother.
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Funeral services were held privately.
August 5, 2013
Services
Funeral services were held privately.
Norine F. Kirchner (Benz) age 88 of Bloomingdale passed peacefully on Monday, August 5, 2013.
She was born in the family home at 396 Clinton Street in Haledon and raised on Gianti Street in Haledon. She attended Hawthorne High School with the Class of 1943.
After high school Norine found work in New York City as a commercial artist. After a few years she became a freelance artist designing greeting cards and wallpaper for several different companies. Her artistic talent passed from her father Otto Benz who was a renowned painter listed in the Who’s Who of American Artists. He specialized in barns, landscapes, and homes having worked in the Haledon area for many years.
Norine enjoyed boating, deep sea fishing on the family boat that was kept in Staten Island for many years. She traveled extensively and was a lover of cats and dogs having had many through the years. Norine was happiest when she had her family around her.
She was the loving wife of thirty years to the late Gordon Kirchner(2002); devoted mother of Susanne Gillespie of West Milford; cherished grandmother of Todd Alan Gillespie and his wife Theresa, and Timothy Gillespie; much loved great-grandmother of Alexandra and Thomas Gillespie; she was predeceased by two sisters and one brother.
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