Kathleen M Norton

June 25, 1938 - December 1, 2021

Kathleen M. Norton, 83, of Matthews, North Carolina, formerly of Liverpool, New York, passed away peacefully on December 1, 2021. Kathy was born June 25,1938 to her late parents Lewis and Agatha Kennedy of Syracuse, New York. Growing up in Syracuse she attended Onondaga Valley Academy, where she graduated, then attended Syracuse University where she earned her Bachelor of Science Degree in Elementary Education.  While she attended Syracuse University she was a member of Gamma Phi Beta. After graduating, Kathy began her career at Onondaga Central Schools but spent the majority of her twenty-seven year career teaching children at Liverpool Central Schools before retiring. The only thing Kathy loved more than teaching and nurturing young minds was her family. She married the love of her life, Donald R. Norton, spending fifty-nine wonderful years together, and had four children - Michael, Timothy, Daniel, and Thomas.  Kathy loved life and cared deeply for the people in her life. In her free time, she enjoyed spending time with her walking groups, doing word searches, reading a good book or taking time to tend to her flowers. Her favorite role was being Grammy to her ten grandchildren, her grand “pups” and the countless other grandkids she “adopted” along the way.  Kathy will always be remembered by those who loved her most, her husband Donald Norton, her four children Michael Norton and his wife Donna Marie, Timothy Norton, Daniel Norton and his wife Lisa, Thomas Norton and his wife Tracy, and Kathy's ten grandchildren - Joseph Norton, Jake Norton, CJ Norton, Julia Norton, Kate Norton, Zach Charles, Brenden Norton, Nicholle Norton, Emily Charles, and Bella Norton; as well as her sister, Mary Beth Kennedy, her brother Lewis (Bud) Kennedy and many nieces, nephews, and great nieces and nephews.  Kathy’s service will be held at Saint Luke Catholic Church at 2:00pm on December 6, 2021 with a visitation on December 5, 2021 at 4:00pm at Heritage Funeral Home Indian Trail, North Carolina. In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made out to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital to support the mission to find cures for children's cancer. Her Funeral Mass will be live streamed at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdqkkjSUP100TzAeiJiGfZQ for those who cannot attend in person. There will also be a Celebration of Life held in Syracuse, NY in January.