Alice Marie Chitwood, (nee Norland), 92 of Burkeville, Virginia, passed away on June 2, 2019.
She was born to Hjalmar Norland and Jennie Askelin on January 20, 1927, in Minneapolis, Minn. She was the youngest of four children, which also included sisters Elsie (Nurmi), Lucille (Nick), and brother Suante Norlund.
Alice spent her early childhood in the largely Finnish immigrant town of Finlayson. She later graduated from Central High School in Duluth in 1943. After moving to Washington D.C., and later working for the Army in Germany, she met her husband Glenn W. Chitwood who was serving as a Captain in the U.S. Army.
The two eventually settled in Woodbridge, Va. Alice was a member of Grace Lutheran Church in Woodbridge, Va. Alice is preceded in death by her husband, Maj. Glenn William Chitwood, U.S. Army (Ret).
She is survived by her children: Shirley Anne Wiser, Gwendolyn Marie Lovera, Jorg Huckabee-Mayfield, David Glenn Hjalmar Chitwood, Joan Lea McDonough and John Thomas Chitwood, her grandchildren: Jennifer Chitwood Garvey, Christine Chitwood Grashorn; Kiplin Lea McDonough, Shane Thomas McDonough and Matthew Brice McDonough, Desiree Allyn Biggers, Jessie Lynn Wiser, Caitlin M. Wiser, Harlan Glenn Lovera and Victoria M. Lovera, and great-grandchildren: Harrison Lee McDonough and Alice Kiplin McDonough.
Interment will be with her husband Glenn at Arlington National Cemetery on August 29, 2019, at 2 p.m.
For details contact Jorg Huckabee-Mayfield on whitebirdapps[at]gmail.com.
Puckett Funeral Home is serving the family. www.puckettfh.com.
