Stories from Sunday, May 24, 2009

Norma Jean Noel, 86, of Bloomfield, passed away at 3:50 a.m. on Saturday May 23, 2009 at Bloomington Hospital. Born September 8, 1922 in Mineral, Ind., she was the daughter of Ora Don and Anna (Foster) Ockerman. Norma Jean was a homemaker and also worked as a telephone operator. She was a member of the Mineral United Methodist Church...

As Bloomfield High School's 89 seniors lined up in the stairwell to make the procession to their seats Saturday, the realization they were minutes away from their graduation hit hard. Many joked. Almost all hugged. A few merely sat silent for a moment, taking the memories all in...