Norman Richard Fent

Norman R. Fent, 78 years of Hillsboro, passed away Thursday, July 13, 2023.

Norman was born September 11, 1944, at the Bainbridge, Ohio. Norman was preceded in death by his mother and father, Betty (Smith) Hopkins and George Hopkins; son, Mitchel (Mike) Fairley; sister, Roberta (Punk) Carmean; brother-in-law, John Fairley.

He attended the Sinking Spring Community Church; former member of the Festival of the Bells Committee and the Hillsboro Lions Club. Norman worked for Smith & Hopkins Lumber Co. in Hillsboro and retired from Halliday Lumber Company in Washington C.H. after 34 years of service.

On February 18, 1982, Norman was united in marriage to Mary (Montgomery) Fent, whom survives; one son, Chad Fairley of Hillsboro; two daughters, Daphanie (Michael) Elmore of Hillsboro and Mandie (Tracy) Workman of Martinsville; six grandchildren, Jessica (Cory) Fearon, Richard (Andi) Miller, Erika (Rick) Crabtree, Alicia Reed, Travis Elmore, Cameron Wilkin, 11 great grandchildren; three sisters, Linda Fairley of Hillsboro, Joan (Dale) Bayless of Hillsboro, Loretta Jenkins of Mt. Sterling; brother, Oscar (Diane) Hopkins of Hillsboro, brother-in-law, Norman Carmean of Hillsboro; several nieces, nephews, cousins and a host of friends.

Funeral services will be held 1:00 P.M. Monday, July 17, 2023, at the Thompson Funeral Home in Hillsboro.

Pastor Greg Seaman will officiate with burial following in the Resthaven Memory Gardens.

Visitation will be held Monday from 11:00 A.M. until 1:00 P.M. at the Thompson Funeral Home.

Memorials to Hope House Christian Counseling Center, P.O. Box 147, Sinking Spring, OH 45172

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