Norris E. Krall, 88, of Osgood passed away at 1:20 pm, Monday, November 7, 2022, at Arbor Grove in Greensburg.
He was born on Tapps Ridge in Switzerland County on February 8, 1934, the son of Elmer and Norma Whitham Krall.
He was married to Mary Elizabeth Lock on June 29, 1956, and she preceded him in death on October 8, 1981.
He married Gloria Joan Tucker Martin on August 14, 1982, and she preceded him in death on December 20, 2017.
Survivors include three sons James Kenneth (Linda) Krall and Michael Krall both of Osgood, and Terry (Diane) Krall of Carmel; one step-son Anthony (Debra) Martin of Fairland; three step-daughters Michele “Mitzi” (Rodger) Chapelow of Zenas, Kimberly Martin of Franklin, and Candace (Danny) Robinson of Shelbyville; six grandchildren, 14 step-grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren, 12 step-great-grandchildren, and 2 step-great-great-grandchildren. He is also survived by his special friend Rheadawn Metz of Greensburg.
Norris received his elementary education in the one-room school at Mt. Hope on Tapps Ridge, where he met Mary. He was a 1951 graduate of Vevay High School and graduated from Indiana University with distinction in 1955 with a degree in Business Administration, Accounting Specialty. He was a Certified Public Accountant and was employed from 1955 until 1962 by Lybrand, Ross Bros. & Montgomery, initially on the audit staff in Louisville and later transferred to the Management Consulting Services staff in Chicago. He served in the US Army from 1956 to 1958 as a Lieutenant in the Finance Corps at the Finance School, U. S. Army at Ft. Benjamin Harrison, Indiana, as an instructor, writer of training manuals, and later as Company Commander of a student detachment. In January 1963, he joined Thomas & Skinner, the oldest manufacturer of permanent magnets in the U.S., in Indianapolis as controller. He advanced from controller and served as secretary, treasurer, vice president, and president until his retirement in 1999. He continued to serve as Chairman of the Board until age 80 in April 2014 at which time he resigned and then was named Director Emeritus for life.
He was baptized in the Fredonia Baptist Church on Tapps Ridge and later belonged to the Rolling Fields Baptist Church in Jeffersonville, Park Grove Baptist Church in Beech Grove, the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church at Fairland, and had been a member of the Dabney Baptist Church since 1976 where he served as a Deacon, teacher, and treasurer.
He was also a life member and former director of the Ripley County Historical Society. He and Joan had written several history books including Lest We Forget, a history of the WWII veterans of Ripley County, A Look at Life, short stories and poems by Lester Tucker, History of the Dabney Baptist Church and Community, volumes 1 & 2 of the History of Ripley County, and Past Tense, a history of the Holton Schools.
Funeral services will be held on Friday, November 11 at 12 pm at the Stratton-Karsteter Funeral Home in Versailles with Rev. Mark Sorrels of the Dabney Baptist Church officiating. Burial will be in the Greendale Cemetery in Osgood with military rites by the Versailles American Legion. Visitation will also be on Friday beginning at 10 am. Memorials may be given to the Dabney Baptist Church or the Ripley County Historical Society in care of the funeral home.