Norine Croston, 87, of Patterson Heights, passed away Saturday June 13, 2009 in the Medical Center Beaver.

    Born March 27, 1922 in Cecil, WV,  she was the daughter of the late Issac and Rosa Ellen Collins Dalton.  She was a homemaker, a member of the  Wesleyan Methodist Church, enjoyed camping, enjoyed bowling at the Beaver Falls Turners, and was a member of the Beaver Falls American Legion Auxiliary.  Norine loved cooking and taking care of her children,  her grandchildren, and her great-grandchildren.  During World War II she was employed in a parachute factory in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

               In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by five sisters, Gullie Parsons, Rosaline Dalton, Kathleen Adams, Goldie Mayle, and Velvet Newman, and six brothers, Carl, Charlie, Ira, Harold, Troy, and Howard Dalton.

   She is survived by her husband of 61 years Troy Croston, three sons and daughters-in-law, Larry and Patti Croston, Gary and Sharon Croston, and Tim and Kris Croston, eight grandchildren, and 10 great-grandchildren.

          Visitation will be held on Monday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. in the Hill & Kunselman Funeral Home, www.hillandkunselman.com.,  3801-4th Ave., College Hill, Beaver Falls.  The funeral service will be held in the funeral home at 11 a.m. on Tuesday.

The Rev. Winfield Mayle will officiate.

                                                         Interment will follow in Sylvania Hills Cemetery, Daugherty Township.