Norma Bartholomew Kent, 85 of Urbana passed away at 4:08 a.m. on Tuesday, January 31, 2017 at Presence Covenant Medical Center in Urbana.

Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 4, 2017 at Renner-Wikoff Chapel in Urbana. Senior Pastor David Johnson will officiate. A visitation will be held prior to the funeral from 1:00-2:00 p.m., at the funeral home. Burial will take place at Cleveland Cemetery in Kansas on Saturday, February 11, 2017.

Norma was born on July 17, 1931 in Kingman, Kansas to parents Albert W. and Lillian D. (Schlup) Bartholomew. They preceded her in death. On June 9, 1993 she married Howard F. Kent in Las Vegas, NV; he passed away on April 13, 2005. Also preceding her in death was her sister Opal and three brothers; Oren, Charles and James.

She is survived by her sister in law Rita Bartholomew of Mahomet and nieces and nephews; Debra Custer, Mary Walle, James T. Bartholomew, Sharon Kirk, Karen Burton, Melinda Giambo, Lynn Yeagle, Edward Bartholomew and Carole Leigh. She is survived by her stepdaughter Sharon (John) Inskip of Fort Myers, FL. Many great nieces and nephews and great, great nieces and nephews also survive her.

Norma was a graduate of Kingman High School and a member of Kingman Christian Church. Before retirement, she worked in food service at the Florida Avenue Residence Hall at the University of Illinois. Previously she worked for Magnavox in Urbana. Norma was no stranger to hard work.

For enjoyment, Norma enjoyed traveling across the United States with her husband visiting the wide variety of national parks and scenery this wonderful country offers. More recently, Norma loved watching college basketball and you couldn't drag her away from the TV or radio when K State or KU were playing. If Kansas wasn't playing she would watch the Illini and she had a soft spot for the women's teams.

Memorial Contributions may be made to the Kingman Carnegie Public Library, 455 N Main St, Kingman, KS 67068.