Norma Colene Dody, age 80 of Clinton, Missouri  passed away Thursday, November 19, 2020 at Research Medical in Kansas City Missouri. Norma will lie in state Monday November 23, 2020 from 12-5 PM at Vansant-Mills Funeral Home, Clinton, Missouri . Funeral service will be 11 AM, Tuesday November 24, 2020 at the First Baptist Church Clinton, Missouri. Burial at Englewood Cemetery Clinton, Missouri. Memorials in Norma's name can be made to the First Baptist Church of Clinton, and may be left in care of the funeral home.

Norma was born October 26, 1940 in Clinton, Missouri to Floren (Bus) and Vesta Barker Julian.

She attended Bethlehem Baptist Church and was saved as a young girl at Bible Camp. She married Dwight Dody on July 23, 1955. Together, they had three children, Galen, Debbie and Mark. They raised their family and farmed northeast of Clinton and started attending First Baptist Church of Clinton in 1964.

Norma was involved in many church activities, including WMU and Bible studies. She has been involved with and volunteered for Henry County Extension, VFW, Roberta Rebeka Lodge and GVMH.

In 1981, she moved into the city limits of Clinton. She loved working with children at Golden Valley Day Care. In addition to the Day Care, Norma had worked at Blue Ribbon Bakery and Four Seasons. Norma was preceded in death by her parents and sisters, Mary Virginia Lutz and Wilda Davis.

Surviving Norma are her children, Galen (Julie) Dody, Debbie (Kurt) Smith and Mark Dody; grandchildren, Melissa (Mike) Lovejoy, Daniel (Whitney) Dody, Nathaniel (Tonya) Dody, Lana (Brandon) Jurgensmeyer, Kali (Jordan) Read and Kendal Dody; great-grandchildren, Carson, Gage, Corban, Hayden, Abram, Baylor, Smith & Lincoln; siblings John Julian, Bud Julian and Lynn Fields, along with numerous nieces, nephews and friends

Arrangements have been entrusted to the Vansant-Mills Funeral Home. Clinton, Missouri.