Norma Crawford McBride, 95, passed away on October 16th, 2026, at St. Barnabas – Beaver Meadows. She was born in Grove City, Pennsylvania on October 26th, 1930, a daughter of the late R. Paul and Mabel Evans Crawford.
Norma had been a resident of Beaver since 1966. She received a BS in education and a Master’s Degree in Library and Information Science from the University of Pittsburgh. She retired from the Beaver Area School District as teacher/librarian after 27 years of service. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Beaver and was active in various Bible study groups, Presbyterian Women and Naomi’s Sisters. Other memberships held over the years were in Beta Phi Mu, Heritage Valley Hospital Auxiliary, Century Club of Beaver, Tusca Ridge Garden Club, and the Literary Circle of Beaver.
She was preceded in death by her husband, R. Edward McBride and her son, Robert E. McBride, Esq., as well as a sister, Dorothy Rice, her husband, Richard of San Diego, California, her brother-in-law, James McBride of Fallbrook, California, her sister-in-law, Grace Sharrar McBride of Evans City, Pennsylvania, and her daughter-in-law, Kelly McBride of Ellijay, Georgia.
She is survived by a son and daughter: Scott C. McBride of Ellijay, Georgia and Paula B. Hall (Robert) of Tampa, Florida, and a daughter-in-law, Maria A. McBride of Pittsburgh, six grandchildren: Andrea Hall Pelaez, Lindsey McGovern (Nick), Lauren Brookshire Emmons (Clarence), Megan Swackhammer (Randy), Bonnie Deininger (Matthew), and Edward McBride; as well as six great grandchildren.
A Memorial Visitation will be held at the First Presbyterian Church, 252 College Avenue, Beaver, on Tuesday, November 3rd from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. A private interment to follow with words of promise and committal offered at the Crestview Memorial Park, 887 North Broad Street Extension, Grove City, by her pastor, the Reverend Jeff Arnold.
Arrangements have been entrusted to the Noll Funeral Home, Inc., 333 Third Street, Beaver.
If desired, a memorial contribution may be made to the Deacons’ Fund of the First Presbyterian Church of Beaver, 252 College Avenue, Beaver, PA 15009.