Nora Ann Merrell

Nora Ann (Swartz) Merrell, 75, Merriam, Kansas, passed away Monday, August 16, 2010, at the Shawnee Mission Medical Center, Merriam, Kansas.

Nora was born June 19, 1935, in Dwight, Kansas, the youngest of 10, to Harry and Birdie (Krute) Swartz. She was a 1953 graduate of Dwight High School. She worked in accounting most of her life and retired from Tension Envelope Company in 2010.

Nora was preceded in death by her son, Roger Eugene "Chippy" Wilson, Jr. in 1956. Survivors include her two daughters, Paula Werts, Merriam, Kansas and Danielle Wilson, Kansas City, Missouri; three sisters, Carleen Bach, Overbrook, Kansas, Pauline Dutton, Dwight, Kansas and Harriette Merritt, Ogden, Kansas; five grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Dwight United Methodist Church, Dwight, Kansas 66849.

Funeral Service and Visitation

Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, August 21, 2010, at the Dwight United Methodist Church; burial in the Dwight Cemetery, Dwight, Kansas. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Friday, August 20, 2010, at the Amos Family Chapel of Shawnee.