Norma C. McEowen, age 86 years, passed away Friday, October 24, 2014 at Clinton Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, Clinton, Missouri. Funeral services will be held 10:30 A.M. Tuesday, October 28, 2014 at the Vansant-Mills Chapel, Clinton, Missouri. The family will receive friends from 9:00-10:30 A.M. Private graveside services will be held Thursday, October 30, 2014. Interment will be in Englewood Cemetery, Clinton, Missouri. The family suggests memorial contributions be made to Allen Street Baptist Church and may be left in care of the funeral home. Fond memories and condolences can be left online at www.vansant-mills funeralhome.com.

Norma was born February 7, 1928 in Muskegon, Michigan the daughter of Norman and Io (Foote) Lyng. She was a homemaker. She was a long-time member of the Allen Street Baptist Church. Norma loved quilting, crocheting, fishing, gardening, and cooking. She always had cookies and ice cream for her grandkids.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Norman Lyng and Io Lyng Hicks, step-father, Melvin Hicks, 2 sisters, Adara Guthrie and Isis Lynch, husbands, Jack Anderson and Robert McEowen, and grandchildren, Jack Ethan McIntyre and Jennifer Lynn Anderson.

Survivors include her daughter, Norma Jean Burnett (Thomas) of Clinton, Missouri, and their children, Jorge, Philip, and Bobbie, her son, David Anderson of Clinton, Missouri and his son, Christopher Anderson (Pam) and their daughter, Catelyn of Humansville, Missouri, her daughter, Wanda McIntyre (Tom) of Warsaw, Missouri and their children, Thomas, Taylor, Tarah, and Travis, and Travis' son, Jack Andrew McIntyre, and her son, Daniel Anderson (Denise) and their daughters, Ellery and Jade, all of California. Also surviving is a brother, Norman Lyng (Christine) of Pearland, Texas, 4 nieces, 2 nephews, 15 great nieces and nephews, 19 great- great nieces and nephews, as well as many extended family and friends.

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