C. Norman Smith, 65, of South Lake Boulevard, Knoxville, TN, died Monday, October 8, 2001 at Ohio Valley Medical Center, Wheeling.
He graduated from Wheeling Central Catholic High School and Virginia Tech and was a retired Structural Engineer at the Alcoa Company and a member of Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church, Maryville, TN.
He was born in Wheeling, a son of the late Clarence and Mary Magdalene Horter Smith.
In addition to his parents he is preceded in death by his first wife Mary Ann Purpura Smith in 1996, a step-son Mark V. Pappa in 2000.
Surviving are his wife, Jo Ann Purpura Pappa Smith; a step-daughter-in-law, Nancy Pappa of Wheeling; two grandchildren, Vinny and Katie Pappa of Wheeling.
A funeral mass will be celebrated on Wednesday, October 10, 2001, at 10 a.m. at the Chapel of Mary and Joseph on the Campus of Wheeling Jesuit University with Rev. James A. O’Brien, S.J. as celebrant. Interment will be held in Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Wheeling.
Memorial contributions may be made to Our Lady of Peace School, 640 Old Fairmont Pike Road, Wheeling, WV 26003.
Arrangements by Altmeyer Funeral Home, 154 Kruger Street, Wheeling, WV 26003.