Obituary: Christiane Norton, Retired Clerk at University Health Services

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Christiane Norton
Christiane Norton

Christiane V. Norton, 63, of Amherst, a retired clerk at University Health Services (UHS), died April 16.

Born Jan. 4, 1955 in Québec, Canada, she lived on Martha’s Vineyard and in Colorado before moving to Western Massachusetts.

She joined UMass Amherst as a clerk in UHS in 2003 and retired in 2013. She worked post-retirement at UHS’s Amherst College location from 2013-14.

She is survived by her two daughters, Vanessa Duffy and her husband, Brian Duffy, and Amanda Norton and her husband Brian Durie; her partner, Daniel Thibodeau; her mother, Monique Gourdeau; her sister, Elisabeth O'Rourke; and her brothers, Frédéric and François Gourdeau.

There will be a celebration of her life on Sunday, April 29 at 11 a.m. at the Log Cabin, 500 Easthampton Road, Holyoke.

Memorial contributions may be made in her memory to the Kaplan Family Hospice House, 78 Liberty St., Danvers 01923.