Norma Norita Carrigan

Norma Norita (Tia) Carrigan succumbed to cancer at home on the morning of October 22, 2013. She was surrounded by her sons and their families. Norita was the seventh of eight children born to Margorie and Southwick Larson. She was born at home in Joice, Iowa on March 4, 1937. She attended Hamilton Business College in Mason City Iowa. Norita is preceded in death by her husband; Ken Carrigan, her parents and two sisters; Marcella and Lorraine. She is survived by her four sons John (Melissa), Brett (Kimbery), Marvin (Dawn), and Michael, plus 13 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. She is also survived by three sisters, Louise Haugebak, Merle Statzer, and Dorothy (Bud) Williams, two brothers; Duane (Arlene) and Norman (Cindy), and special friend, Bob Grosland. Norita entered the military in 1957 and left in 1959. She served as an air traffic controller for MATS, the Military Air Transport System, mostly in California. She followed her husband to Germany and then back to California. They settled in Aurora and raised their sons. Norita took a job at the Federal Finance Center at Lowry Air Force Base and rose through the ranks until retirement in 1999. She enjoyed traveling, piano music, musicals and playing cards (especially bridge), and adored her grandchildren. She was a loyal Bronco fan and hoped they would go again to the Superbowl. She was an active member of St. Mark's Lutheran Church.

Funeral services are scheduled for Friday, November 8, 2013 @10:30 am at St. Mark's, 111 Del Mar Circle, Aurora 80011. Interment with military honors is at Fort Logan National Cemetery @ 1 pm.

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