Norris, Albert

NORRIS, Albert S., M.D. - July 14, 1926 - October 16, 2009, Iowa City, Iowa. Albert “Ab“ Stanley Norris M.D., 83 of Iowa City died Friday, October 16, 2009, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City. Funeral Services were held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, October 21, 2009, at GRAY & CIHA FUNERAL AND CREMATION SERVICE in Iowa City, with burial at the Oakland Cemetery. Ab was born July 14, 1926, in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada the son of William and Mary Norris. Following graduation from the University of Western Ontario Medical School in London, Ontario, he continued his graduate training in Psychiatry at the University of Iowa, and as a teaching fellow at Harvard Medical School. He returned to Canada in private practice but soon returned to the Psychopathic Hospital in Iowa City to teach, do research and clinical practice. In subsequent years he continued in academia at The University of Oregon Medical School, and then became the first Chairman of Psychiatry at the newly established medical school in Springfield, Illinois. Ab was an avid traveler and enjoyed music, books, gardening, family time and the Iowa Hawkeyes. Ab is survived by Dorothy “Jimmie“ (James), his wife of 59 years, daughter Barb (Larry) Eide, son Bob (Kathy) and daughter Kim (Larry) Reves; grandchildren, Jay (Katie) Eide, Jamie (John) Boedeker, Jeff Eide and Tyler McGowan; great-grandchildren Logan and Kayla Eide and Jack Boedeker. In addition, he has many nieces and nephews who reside in Canada and Florida. He was preceded in death by his parents, brothers Henry and Eddie and sisters-in-law Fay and Rita.