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Thomas Patrick Norton II (1920-2011) served as a radioman in the United States Navy during World War II. After the war he took an accounting class in college. In 1955 he moved to Paramus, New Jersey and worked as an accountant at White Beeches Country Club and later Rockland Country Club. He authored a short account of his life up to the year 1945. He was left-handed. (b. July 8, 1920; Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA - November 6, 2011; Haven Hospice - JFK Medical Center, Edison, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA)

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"When I was about five years old I developed an ear infection which resulted in mastoiditis and I can remember when the specialist who was recommended by our family doctor came to our home at 603 Garfield Avenue in Jersey City, New Jersey to examine me, and my mother's tearful reaction when he told her that I would have to be hospitalized and operated on to drain the abscessed ear. …"

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Death of his brother.
Death of his father. "Surviving are his widow, Mrs. May V. Burke Norton; three sons, Thomas, Paramus; Vincent, Colonia, and James, Ridgefield, and eight grandchildren."
Arrest of his son. "Charges of breaking and entering against Thomas P. Norton of Paramus in connection with an incident at the Pizza Mat on Route 17 were referred to the Grand Jury following a preliminary hearing in Municipal Court last night. According to police, Norton was apprehended in the kitchen of the building early on the morning of September 17 by Patrolman William Plucinsky. Norton was released in $1,000 bail by Magistrate Martin J. Friedman."
His divorce. "Mrs. Selma Norton, 268 Gordon Drive, Paramus, also charged cruelty in the complaint against her husband, Thomas, 45, an accountant, of the same address. They were married in Jersey City October 3, 1942."
Death of his mother: "Mrs. Mary Burke Norton, 59, of 603 Garfield Avenue, died yesterday at the Medical Center of a ruptured appendix. She was admitted to the hospital August 31. Mrs. Norton, a communicant of Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, is survived by her husband, Thomas P. Norton, Sr., and three sons, Thomas; Vincent and James Norton."
His military service. "Thomas Norton Jr., radioman, second class, who enlisted in the armed services in 1942."
His military service. "Thomas, husband of the former Selma Freudenberg, enlisted in June 1942. He was in the Sicilian invasion and is now on convoy duty."
His marriage. "Mr. Thomas Norton, second class seaman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Norton, 603 Garfield Avenue."
His marriage. "Miss Freudenberg and Mr. Norton are graduates of Henry Snyder High School."
His high school graduation. "Three hundred and thirty-four graduates of Henry Snyder High School were urged to dedicate themselves anew to the ideals of democracy by Judge Thomas F. Meaney of Hudson County Court of Common Pleas, at commencement exercises last night at the school, Bergen Avenue and Myrtle. … Thomas P. Norton … "

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