Dot Norton

Dot Norton, age 93, of Lamar, passed away Thursday, December 9, 2010 at Barton County Memorial Hospital.      Dot was born July 7, 1917, at Iantha, Missouri, the youngest of the five daughters of Walter and Mary (Quick) Evilsizer.  A life-long Barton County resident, Dot graduated from Lamar High School in 1935 and immediately began her 70 year career in retail on the Lamar Square.  She first worked at Williams and Beans Dry Goods.  She then worked for King’s Fashions which she purchased and renamed Dot’s Fashions in 1973.  In 1988, she acquired the Corner Card & Gift Shop and it became known as Dot’s Hallmark.  Dot was a member of First Baptist Church of Lamar.      On January 9, 1944, at Parsons, Kansas, Dot married Wayne I. Norton and they celebrated 56 years together before his death August 12, 2000.  She was also preceded in death by her parents, Walter & Mary Evilsizer; and four sisters, Zoe Houser, Fay Evilsizer, Gay Payton, and May Hart.      Survivors include two daughters and their husbands, Shiela & John Ford and Marcia & John Bary, all of Lamar; five grandchildren, Grant Ford, Pella, Iowa, Pierce Ford, Lamar, Andrew & his wife Jennifer Bary, Washington, D.C., Catherine & Maksim Bary, Lamar; two great-grandchildren, Lauren and Jacob Bary, Washington, D.C.; several nieces and nephews; and a host of customers and friends.      Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, December 12th at Daniel Funeral Home where the family will receive friends from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Sunday.  Burial will be in Lake Cemetery.      Memorial contributions are suggested to Barton County Home/Health in care of Daniel Funeral Home.