Stefani Hartsfield
Lori Rosenthal Mauzy:
“King” Norman was one of a kind. I remember visiting him when I was younger at his awesome house in La Jolla. I was shocked that his bathroom had a soaking tub with a TV mounted on the wall and a “sun roof” in his bathroom! I remember being in there in a bubble bath, talking on his phone (yes, there was one in the bathroom!) to my friends at home in MD while watching tv and eating snacks on the tray that laid across the tub. He and cousin Jane had the coolest bedroom. A huge bed that they could each adjust their sides how they wanted (like a hospital bed) and they had a tv mounted from the ceiling. This was back in the 80’s when no one was mounting tv’s.
He also had a dog named…Prince.
He took us everywhere when we were there (in his car with his license plate KNZ1 - King Norman Zmora the 1st) My last visit out there was when I was in high school and he took me shopping at a huge mall where I found a Homecoming dress. Anytime we asked how far something was from his house, the answer was “ehhh…15, 20 minutes.”
Every year, without fail, he would call on our birthdays. Whenever we had a bad snow storm here he would always call to tell us how they were having a horrible cold stream in CA- temps were in the low 60’s!
He always had a smile on his face, always cared and asked about what was going on in our lives, and was one of my very favorite cousins. I’m so glad my kids were able to meet The King when he came out for Sean’s naming and Mother’s Day a few years later. I’m pretty sure that was the year he and Stan took the metro and fell asleep and woke up at the end of the line completely missing their stop.
King Norman, you were one of a kind and sure will be missed. 💙