Obituary of Norman B. Williamson

Norman B. Williamson of Duxbury died Monday, September 24, 2012 at Massachusetts General Hospital surrounded by his loving family. He was the son of the late Norman B. Williamson and the late Ruth E. Williamson of Lexington, MA. Norm graduated from Lexington High School in 1962 and earned his BS in Business from Northeastern University. He was President and CEO of Commonwealth Cooperative Bank in Hyde Park, Massachusetts. He was an active member of the Hyde Park Community as well as his hometown of Duxbury, Massachusetts. Norm volunteered much of his time to community service including time as a town meeting member, finance committee member, and school committee member. He was proud of his work as President of Hyde Park Main Streets and a Board Member of the Talking Information Center, a non profit group which provides reading services to the blind on the radio. Norm was a former semi-professional baseball player whose love for sports transcended to his time as a youth sports coach for many of his son and three daughters’ teams. Not only was Norm a coach to many but also a mentor. He is survived by his best friend and devoted wife of 43 years, Janyce L. Williamson; by his son, Gary Williamson and wife Veronica Williamson of Duxbury, his daughter Lynn Williamson of Weymouth, his daughter Amy Burns and husband Rob of Kingston and daughter Jill Widdop and husband Eric of Kingston. He was especially proud and delighted to be the “Papa” of his seven grandchildren; Drew, Riley, Carleigh, Reagan, Margaret, Robert and Timothy. Relatives and friends are invited to attend visiting hours Thursday, September 27th from 4-8:00 pm at the Shepherd Funeral Home, 216 Main Street (Rt. 106), Kingston. A funeral service will be held Friday at 10:00 a.m. at the Pilgrim Church, 404 Washington Street, Duxbury. In lieu of flowers, donations in memory of Norman may be made to the Wounded Warrior Project, a cause near and dear to his heart. www.woundedwarriorproject.org or P.O. Box 758517, Topeka, KS 66675.