Rockwood’s
former police
chief dies

LAKELAND, Fla. — Services
have been set for former
Rockwood Police Chief Gerald
Lee Norrix, 68, of Lakeland,
formerly of Rockwood, who
died Sunday at Lakeland
Regional Medical Center.

Friends may call from 4 to 8
p.m. today and
from noon to 8

p.m.
Wednesday at
Arthur

  

Home’s_ Flat
a chapel, 2
where _ ser-

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held at 11 a.m. R
Thursday. The Rev. B.J. Norrix,
pastor of Christ Community
Church, Baldwinsville, N.Y,
will officiate. Burial will be in
Michigan Memorial Park,
Huron Township.

Born Feb. 12, 1935, in Flat
Rock, he was the’son. of Otis
and Fern (Lowry) Norrix. He
married Wilma Cox July"12,
1958, in Detroit.

He joined Rockwood Police
Department in October, 1960,
and retired in 1993. He was
police chief for 15 years and
was the first full-time officer
in Rockwood.

He served in the Army, 1954-
56, and was a member of
Wayne County Chief of Police
Association and  SPOA
Barbershop Quartet. He grad-
uated from Flat Rock High
School in 1954.

Surviving are his wife; two
sons, Curtis (Sally) of
Dearborn and Kevin (Tammy)
of Rockwood; a daughter, Kelly
(Michael) Mierzejewski of
Fenton; a brother, Robert of
Syracuse, N.Y., and five grand-
children.

He was preceded in death by
a brother, David. ;

Memorials may be made to
Leukemia Foundation. :

 

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