Constance "Connie" Inez Norton

Constance I. “Connie” Dinovo was born October 8, 1939, in Omaha, Nebraska to Joseph and Alvina (Langfeldt) Dinovo. Connie grew up in Omaha and graduated from Omaha North High School in 1957. Connie married her high school sweetheart, Michael Norton, on November 21, 1959, at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Omaha, Nebraska, and to this union, four children were born: Michelle, Patrick, Ann Marie, and Kelli Jo. The family made their home in Omaha until moving to Elkhorn in 1972. Connie worked alongside Mike at Norton Meats and then took a job at Younkers in 1983, starting in the deli, and eventually moving to the Bridal Registry, where she sold fine China to numerous Omaha brides until her retirement in 2010. For many years, Connie was active in a bowling league on Monday nights at the Elkhorn Lanes. After bowling, Connie and her friends would continue to enjoy the evening at Circle B, downtown Elkhorn. Connie and Mike shared many good times with their Elkhorn friends through the years. More recently, Connie was able to pick up her grandkids and great grandkids from school, and cherished attending all of their after-school activities and sports. She always had fun attending Grandparents Day with all of the kids at St. Gerald’s, Skutt, Marian, Holy Cross, and the Elkhorn schools. Wednesdays were her special “Nana Day’s” with the grandkids and great grandkids where she took them to McDonald’s, and she shared her love for cooking with them by teaching them how to bake her Italian biscotti’s. Connie was loved by all of her friends at Elk Ridge and the Fountain View wing at Brookestone Village, and was pleased to spend some of her days playing BINGO. Connie passed away on Tuesday, April 23, 2024, at Brookestone Village in Omaha at the age of 84 years, 6 months and 15 days. She was preceded in death by her husband Mike. Connie is survived by her children Michelle and husband Tracy Erickson, Patrick and his wife LeaAyn, Ann Marie Johnson, and Kelli Jo and her husband James Chaney, 7 grandchildren: Jay Erickson, Jena Bailey, Curtis Norton, Sean Reep-Norton, Sean Johnson, Samantha Chaney, and Hayden Chaney; 11 great grandchildren: Zakary Erickson, Hunter Erickson, Lillian Stevens, Margaret Bailey, Nellie Bailey, Joe Bailey, Grace Bailey, Giada Norton, Camden Norton, Parker Patrick Norton, and Sophie Reep-Norton, and sisters JoAnne Howland, Phyllis Atkinson, and Rose Mary Grandinetti.

Constance "Connie" Inez Norton

October 8, 1939 - April 23, 2024