Birth date: Jun 15, 1957 Death date: Nov 19, 2018
Joy (Jil) Jonas Norman, 61, passed away November 19, 2018. Beloved wife, mother and grandmother, a kinder, gentler soul never graced this world. She leaves behind many whose lives she has touched, and who will mourn her loss. Jil Read Obituary
Gosh Jil, you were the most unselfish, giving, loving, caring, creative, talented, person I have ever known. You will be greatly missed by the Baird family and all the people that crossed your path through the years. We love you and miss you!
Jil was absolutely the kindest person I have ever had the privilege to know! I will miss our conversations about engineering and the lack of common sense. Most of all I will miss the heartfelt advice. The CE squadron will never be the same. My prayers are with your family in this time of loss.
Original manuscript of John Gillespie Magee’s “High Flight” (Manuscript Division: John Magee Papers, 1941-1946). LCCN: mm 79005423
A transcription of the poem follows:
High Flight
Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I’ve climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
of sun-split clouds,—and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of—wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov’ring there,
I’ve chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air. . . .
Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue
I’ve topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace
Where never lark nor ever eagle flew—
And, while with silent lifting mind I’ve trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.
Fly High, Jil !!
and yes, there is only one "L" in her name, because there is Only One Jil !!
Sincerely, Suzie Reid
I told her I would have loved to see an Emu egg as she explained the beautiful colors. The next week she brought one in for me! She always went out of her way to be kind, to say ‘Thank you’ across the base, and welcoming in every way to ‘New Comers’ like myself. She will be missed!
-CMSgt Lorene Kitzmiller
