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A memorial service is being planned for August 1, 2015 at 11:00am, at the Preakness Reformed Church, 131 Church Lane, Wayne, NJ.
Norma Swink Hinchman, age 87 of Wayne, died peacefully with her family at her bedside on Tuesday, June 30, 2015. She had lived in Wayne since 1949.
Norma was born on a farm in Cass, West Virginia. She started her schooling before her 5th birthday in a one room schoolhouse. Norma had many pleasant memories of growing up on the farm, but she excelled in school, and left home after high school to attend college. She went to and graduated from Davis & Elkins College in Elkins, WV, which is where she met her husband, Ronald Hinchman. Ronald, who was attending ‘D & E’ on the GI Bill after his service during World War II, asked Norma out on a date several times before she finally said “yes”. Their romance progressed rapidly and they were married on July 6, 1949. Together they moved to Wayne, where Ronald’s family owned the Herbert J. Hinchman & Son concrete company. Norma worked in the office as a bookkeeper until her second son was born and served as corporate Secretary until 2000.
Norma was an active member of the Preakness Reformed Church on Church Lane in Wayne, where she was a Sunday School teacher, an advisor to the Junior and Senior Youth groups and was active in the women’s groups. She found joy in helping others and volunteered at the Preakness Hospital for twelve years. She was also a cub scout den mother.
Norma and Ronald had many wonderful years together, working and raising their family. They loved to spend time together, whether travelling, visiting the family farm in West Virginia, or relaxing at their lake cottage in Sussex County.
Norma is survived by her sons; Donald H. Hinchman and his wife Karen of Hardwick, NJ and Douglas J. Hinchman and his wife Amanda of Bend, OR, a sister; Mary Frances Kennedy of Fairmont, WV, four grandchildren; David Hinchman of Spokane, WA, Carl Hinchman of Albany, OR, Andre and Sofia Hinchman of Hardwick, NJ and two great-grandchildren; Zoey and Odin Hinchman of Albany, OR. She was predeceased by her loving husband Ronald Hinchman, her sister; Thelma Costello of Clarksburg, WV and by her brother; William ‘Lake’ Swink of Dundalk, MD.
The family has asked that donations be made in Norma’s memory to the Preakness Reformed Church, 131 Church Lane, Wayne, NJ 07470.
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A memorial service is being planned for August 1, 2015 at 11:00am, at the Preakness Reformed Church, 131 Church Lane, Wayne, NJ.
Services
A memorial service is being planned for August 1, 2015 at 11:00am, at the Preakness Reformed Church, 131 Church Lane, Wayne, NJ.
Norma Swink Hinchman, age 87 of Wayne, died peacefully with her family at her bedside on Tuesday, June 30, 2015. She had lived in Wayne since 1949.
Norma was born on a farm in Cass, West Virginia. She started her schooling before her 5th birthday in a one room schoolhouse. Norma had many pleasant memories of growing up on the farm, but she excelled in school, and left home after high school to attend college. She went to and graduated from Davis & Elkins College in Elkins, WV, which is where she met her husband, Ronald Hinchman. Ronald, who was attending ‘D & E’ on the GI Bill after his service during World War II, asked Norma out on a date several times before she finally said “yes”. Their romance progressed rapidly and they were married on July 6, 1949. Together they moved to Wayne, where Ronald’s family owned the Herbert J. Hinchman & Son concrete company. Norma worked in the office as a bookkeeper until her second son was born and served as corporate Secretary until 2000.
Norma was an active member of the Preakness Reformed Church on Church Lane in Wayne, where she was a Sunday School teacher, an advisor to the Junior and Senior Youth groups and was active in the women’s groups. She found joy in helping others and volunteered at the Preakness Hospital for twelve years. She was also a cub scout den mother.
Norma and Ronald had many wonderful years together, working and raising their family. They loved to spend time together, whether travelling, visiting the family farm in West Virginia, or relaxing at their lake cottage in Sussex County.
Norma is survived by her sons; Donald H. Hinchman and his wife Karen of Hardwick, NJ and Douglas J. Hinchman and his wife Amanda of Bend, OR, a sister; Mary Frances Kennedy of Fairmont, WV, four grandchildren; David Hinchman of Spokane, WA, Carl Hinchman of Albany, OR, Andre and Sofia Hinchman of Hardwick, NJ and two great-grandchildren; Zoey and Odin Hinchman of Albany, OR. She was predeceased by her loving husband Ronald Hinchman, her sister; Thelma Costello of Clarksburg, WV and by her brother; William ‘Lake’ Swink of Dundalk, MD.
The family has asked that donations be made in Norma’s memory to the Preakness Reformed Church, 131 Church Lane, Wayne, NJ 07470.
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