September 20, 1917 – April 21, 2016
Margaret (Marge) Alice Norcott, beloved Mother, Wife, Grandmother, and Great-grandmother passed away peacefully in her sleep on April 21 at Los Robles Care Center. She was born September 29, 1917 at the family farm in Detour, Maryland. Marge was the second youngest of 8 siblings born to Jacob and May Wilhide.
She graduated from Elmer Wolfe High School in 1934. As a freshman she played on the school volleyball team that went to the Maryland State Finals. She desired adventure, so she left the family dairy farm and moved to Ocean City, New Jersey in the summer of 1938.
Marge moved to Long Beach, California to work for the United States Navy in the shipyards. She married Cecil Harold (Hal) Norcott in 1946 in Hollywood. They moved to Ojai in 1952 where she lived the rest of her life. She and Hal had 4 sons: Steven, Jeffrey, Timothy and David. She was active in the Republican Women’s Club, the Wesleyan Church, and was involved in local politics. She was very strong in her Christian Faith. She was instrumental in fund raising that put the lights around the football field at Nordhoff High School.
Marge is survived by three of her sons, Jeffrey of Murrieta, CA, Timothy of Ojai, and David of Auburn, CA; three daughter-in-laws, Annette, Joyce, and Cathy; three grandchildren, Amy Mitrany of Ojai, Matthew and Adam Norcott of Auburn; two great-grandchildren, Gracey and Corbyn Mitrany; and their father Mark Mitrany. She was preceded in death by her son Steven in 1982 and husband Hal in 2001.
Services will be held at noon at JOSEPH P. REARDON FUNERAL HOME, 757 East Main Street, Ventura on May 21, followed by burial at Ivy Lawn Cemetery in Ventura.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial donations be made to Ojai Valley Wesleyan Church, PO Box 56, Ojai CA 93024. The family would like to thank the care she received from the Los Robles Care Center.