A celebration of the life of Clement Wilbur Norton, Jr., will be held on November 8, 2016 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. at the Shrine Center, 25100 SW Parkway Ave in Wilsonville. Clem passed away on October 1.
Born in Seattle on April 20, 1931, Clem moved with his parents, Clement Sr. and Jesse Norton, to Portland when he was two years old. When he was 11, Clem picked up a clarinet for the first time and discovered a lifelong love. He made music for the next 74 years, and music provided him great enjoyment and satisfaction.
Clem played in the Washington High School band until he graduated in 1949. He briefly attended Oregon State College (now OSU), but then the Air Force drafted him as a poultry inspector during the Korean War. After the war he worked at Northwest Poultry, the business owned by his father. Then he went to work in the shipping department of Atlantic Richfield Oil Company’s refinery in Linnton.
In 1955 he went on a blind date with Beverly Esther Whitehead, and it was love. They married on Groundhog’s Day, 1957, and had 59 years of happiness together.
In all of those years, Clem pursued music. He played clarinet, saxophone, flute, piccolo and piano. He joined the Al Kader Shrine Temple as a young man — his father was an Al Kader Shriner as well — and quickly joined the Shrine Band. He served in many positions with the bands at Al Kader, including director. Clem also played in the Providence Hospital Stage Band, the East County Orchestra, the American Legion Band, and numerous other dance bands, Dixieland bands, and pit orchestras for local theater productions.
Clem also loved the Oregon beaches. Every summer for many years he and Bev and their two daughters would vacation at Lincoln City and Bandon.
After he retired, Clem and Bev traveled extensively through the United States and to Panama. He continued a busy music schedule until a few months before his death. He often said, «We don’t stop playing because we grow old — we grow old because we stop playing!» In one of the last emails that he sent out to the Shrine Band, he closed with the words, «Keep practicing!»
Clem is survived by his wife, Beverly; daughters Linda Norton of Milwaukie and Joyce Haworth (Steven) of Des Plaines, IL, and grandsons Timothy Haworth, Joshua Haworth, and Elias Haworth.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Shriners Hospitals for Children or the Al Kader Shrine Center.
celebration of the life of Clement Wilbur Norton, Jr., will be held on November 8, 2016 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. at the Shrine Center, 25100 SW Parkway Ave in Wilsonville. Clem passed away on October 1.
Born in Seattle on April 20, 1931, Clem moved with his parents, Clement Sr. and Jesse Norton, to Portland when he was two years old. When he was 11, Clem picked up a clarinet for the first time and discovered a lifelong love. He made music for the next 74 years, and music provided him great enjoyment and satisfaction.
Clem played in the Washington High School band until he graduated in 1949. He briefly attended Oregon State College (now OSU), but then the Air Force drafted him as a poultry inspector during the Korean War. After the war he worked at Northwest Poultry, the business owned by his father. Then he went to work in the shipping department of Atlantic Richfield Oil Company’s refinery in Linnton.
In 1955 he went on a blind date with Beverly Esther Whitehead, and it was love. They married on Groundhog’s Day, 1957, and had 59 years of happiness together.
In all of those years, Clem pursued music. He played clarinet, saxophone, flute, piccolo and piano. He joined the Al Kader Shrine Temple as a young man — his father was an Al Kader Shriner as well — and quickly joined the Shrine Band. He served in many positions with the bands at Al Kader, including director. Clem also played in the Providence Hospital Stage Band, the East County Orchestra, the American Legion Band, and numerous other dance bands, Dixieland bands, and pit orchestras for local theater productions.
Clem also loved the Oregon beaches. Every summer for many years he and Bev and their two daughters would vacation at Lincoln City and Bandon.
After he retired, Clem and Bev traveled extensively through the United States and to Panama. He continued a busy music schedule until a few months before his death. He often said, «We don’t stop playing because we grow old — we grow old because we stop playing!» In one of the last emails that he sent out to the Shrine Band, he closed with the words, «Keep practicing!»
Clem is survived by his wife, Beverly; daughters Linda Norton of Milwaukie and Joyce Haworth (Steven) of Des Plaines, IL, and grandsons Timothy Haworth, Joshua Haworth, and Elias Haworth.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Shriners Hospitals for Children or the Al Kader Shrine Center.
celebration of the life of Clement Wilbur Norton, Jr., will be held on November 8, 2016 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. at the Shrine Center, 25100 SW Parkway Ave in Wilsonville. Clem passed away on October 1.
Born in Seattle on April 20, 1931, Clem moved with his parents, Clement Sr. and Jesse Norton, to Portland when he was two years old. When he was 11, Clem picked up a clarinet for the first time and discovered a lifelong love. He made music for the next 74 years, and music provided him great enjoyment and satisfaction.
Clem played in the Washington High School band until he graduated in 1949. He briefly attended Oregon State College (now OSU), but then the Air Force drafted him as a poultry inspector during the Korean War. After the war he worked at Northwest Poultry, the business owned by his father. Then he went to work in the shipping department of Atlantic Richfield Oil Company’s refinery in Linnton.
In 1955 he went on a blind date with Beverly Esther Whitehead, and it was love. They married on Groundhog’s Day, 1957, and had 59 years of happiness together.
In all of those years, Clem pursued music. He played clarinet, saxophone, flute, piccolo and piano. He joined the Al Kader Shrine Temple as a young man — his father was an Al Kader Shriner as well — and quickly joined the Shrine Band. He served in many positions with the bands at Al Kader, including director. Clem also played in the Providence Hospital Stage Band, the East County Orchestra, the American Legion Band, and numerous other dance bands, Dixieland bands, and pit orchestras for local theater productions.
Clem also loved the Oregon beaches. Every summer for many years he and Bev and their two daughters would vacation at Lincoln City and Bandon.
After he retired, Clem and Bev traveled extensively through the United States and to Panama. He continued a busy music schedule until a few months before his death. He often said, «We don’t stop playing because we grow old — we grow old because we stop playing!» In one of the last emails that he sent out to the Shrine Band, he closed with the words, «Keep practicing!»
Clem is survived by his wife, Beverly; daughters Linda Norton of Milwaukie and Joyce Haworth (Steven) of Des Plaines, IL, and grandsons Timothy Haworth, Joshua Haworth, and Elias Haworth.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Shriners Hospitals for Children or the Al Kader Shrine Center.
celebration of the life of Clement Wilbur Norton, Jr., will be held on November 8, 2016 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. at the Shrine Center, 25100 SW Parkway Ave in Wilsonville. Clem passed away on October 1.
Born in Seattle on April 20, 1931, Clem moved with his parents, Clement Sr. and Jesse Norton, to Portland when he was two years old. When he was 11, Clem picked up a clarinet for the first time and discovered a lifelong love. He made music for the next 74 years, and music provided him great enjoyment and satisfaction.
Clem played in the Washington High School band until he graduated in 1949. He briefly attended Oregon State College (now OSU), but then the Air Force drafted him as a poultry inspector during the Korean War. After the war he worked at Northwest Poultry, the business owned by his father. Then he went to work in the shipping department of Atlantic Richfield Oil Company’s refinery in Linnton.
In 1955 he went on a blind date with Beverly Esther Whitehead, and it was love. They married on Groundhog’s Day, 1957, and had 59 years of happiness together.
In all of those years, Clem pursued music. He played clarinet, saxophone, flute, piccolo and piano. He joined the Al Kader Shrine Temple as a young man — his father was an Al Kader Shriner as well — and quickly joined the Shrine Band. He served in many positions with the bands at Al Kader, including director. Clem also played in the Providence Hospital Stage Band, the East County Orchestra, the American Legion Band, and numerous other dance bands, Dixieland bands, and pit orchestras for local theater productions.
Clem also loved the Oregon beaches. Every summer for many years he and Bev and their two daughters would vacation at Lincoln City and Bandon.
After he retired, Clem and Bev traveled extensively through the United States and to Panama. He continued a busy music schedule until a few months before his death. He often said, «We don’t stop playing because we grow old — we grow old because we stop playing!» In one of the last emails that he sent out to the Shrine Band, he closed with the words, «Keep practicing!»
Clem is survived by his wife, Beverly; daughters Linda Norton of Milwaukie and Joyce Haworth (Steven) of Des Plaines, IL, and grandsons Timothy Haworth, Joshua Haworth, and Elias Haworth.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Shriners Hospitals for Children or the Al Kader Shrine Center.
celebration of the life of Clement Wilbur Norton, Jr., will be held on November 8, 2016 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. at the Shrine Center, 25100 SW Parkway Ave in Wilsonville. Clem passed away on October 1.
Born in Seattle on April 20, 1931, Clem moved with his parents, Clement Sr. and Jesse Norton, to Portland when he was two years old. When he was 11, Clem picked up a clarinet for the first time and discovered a lifelong love. He made music for the next 74 years, and music provided him great enjoyment and satisfaction.
Clem played in the Washington High School band until he graduated in 1949. He briefly attended Oregon State College (now OSU), but then the Air Force drafted him as a poultry inspector during the Korean War. After the war he worked at Northwest Poultry, the business owned by his father. Then he went to work in the shipping department of Atlantic Richfield Oil Company’s refinery in Linnton.
In 1955 he went on a blind date with Beverly Esther Whitehead, and it was love. They married on Groundhog’s Day, 1957, and had 59 years of happiness together.
In all of those years, Clem pursued music. He played clarinet, saxophone, flute, piccolo and piano. He joined the Al Kader Shrine Temple as a young man — his father was an Al Kader Shriner as well — and quickly joined the Shrine Band. He served in many positions with the bands at Al Kader, including director. Clem also played in the Providence Hospital Stage Band, the East County Orchestra, the American Legion Band, and numerous other dance bands, Dixieland bands, and pit orchestras for local theater productions.
Clem also loved the Oregon beaches. Every summer for many years he and Bev and their two daughters would vacation at Lincoln City and Bandon.
After he retired, Clem and Bev traveled extensively through the United States and to Panama. He continued a busy music schedule until a few months before his death. He often said, «We don’t stop playing because we grow old — we grow old because we stop playing!» In one of the last emails that he sent out to the Shrine Band, he closed with the words, «Keep practicing!»
Clem is survived by his wife, Beverly; daughters Linda Norton of Milwaukie and Joyce Haworth (Steven) of Des Plaines, IL, and grandsons Timothy Haworth, Joshua Haworth, and Elias Haworth.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Shriners Hospitals for Children or the Al Kader Shrine Center.