Eleanor Norton

Eleanor Jean Norton, 77, died on Feb. 2, 2018, of complications after a long battle with pneumonia.


Ms. Norton was born on July 19, 1940, in Miami, Florida, to Emerson and Irene Roylance. She moved to California at age 5 and graduated from Mira Costa High School in Manhattan Beach. She attended Biola University in Los Angeles and worked as a paralegal.








She was a strong, hardworking single mom to four children. She loved spending time with her family and going out to eat. She always had to wear her lipstick. Her pride and joy was her great-grandkids, whom she was very proud of. She had a big heart.


She was preceded in death by a sister, Judith, and is survived by a sister, Janet; four adult children, Marianne Switter, Heather Foster, Jonathan Norton and Daniel Norton; three grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.








Celebration of life planned on March 3. Contact Melanie Valdez-Muruato with questions.