Christine Delores Norden, daughter of the late Virgil Bennett and Annie Moring Bennett, was born in Bernie, Missouri on October 22, 1931 and departed this life at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Missouri on March 1, 2019 at the age of 87.

Mrs. Norden was a homemaker and a member of  Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Malden, Missouri and a resident of Bernie.

She was united in marriage to Emery J. “E.J.” Norden in Piggott, Arkansas on February 16, 1950.  Mr. Norden preceded his wife in death on February 22, 1985.

Survivors include one son, Michael J. Norden & wife Donna of Bernie, Missouri; by one daughter, Catherine Ann Norden of Bernie, Missouri; by three grandchildren, Michael Norden Jr. & wife Robin, Marcus Norden and Tracie Cobb & husband Jeromy; by five Great-grandchildren, Eric Norden & wife Page, Brennen Norden, Aiden Norden, Ashley Weathers & Emery ”E.J.” Walls; by four Step-Great-grandchildren, Blakely Bradshaw, Rhyan Cobb, Darrik Cobb and Jayden Cobb; by one sister, Carolyn Buckley & husband Jerry Wayne of Malden, Missouri; also by other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death other than by her parents and her husband, by two brothers, Danny Bennett and Connie Bennett; by one sister, Evelyn Holtzhouser.

Friends may call at Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie, Missouri on Monday, March 4, 2019 from 12:00 Noon until 2:00 P.M.   

Funeral services will then be conducted at 2:00 P.M. in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel with Allen Laszewski officiating. 

Interment will follow in the Bernie Cemetery. 

Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in charge of all arrangements.