Norman left on his last trip to the Big Deer Camp in the Sky on January 22,
2007. He was born at the Lucy Hastings Hospital in Manchester, NH on April
5, 1926; son of Percy R. and Esther (Campbell) Mabie.  He grew up in
Bedford, NH where he attended Stevens Buswell School in Bedford Center.
After graduating in 1939, he then attended Manchester West High School where
he graduated with honors in 1943.  In August 1943 he enlisted in the Army
Air Force.  He was sent to Shepherd Field in Wichata Falls, Texas for basic
flight training.  He graduated in January 1944 and was sent to Aloe Field in
Victoria, Texas for fighter plane training.  He graduated from fighter
training in January 1945 and was sent to Ft. Meyers, Florida where he
trained as a tail gunner on the then new B-29's.  He remained at Ft. Meyers
until his discharge in 1946 when he returned to Portsmouth, NH and entered
UNH's school of mechanical engineering.  After graduating from UNH in June
1950, he returned to Manchester where he opened his first business selling
aluminum storm windows and doors.  In March 1957, he moved to Claremont, NH
and continued the same business adding roofing and siding.  In 1965 he had a
severe heart attack and was forced to retire.  In his retirement he kept
very busy inventing a number of items including twister tubes for the wool
spinning industry, endless belt connectors, and gun sights, etc.  He held
numerous U.S. patents.  He enjoyed outdoor sports: hunting, fishing, and
snowmobiling.  He was very competitive and raced snowmobiles; he won the
U.S. Open at Ironwood, Michigan in 1971.  His favorite sport was hunting
large animals in Alaska, the Yukon, British Columbia, Montana, and Idaho
where he harvested grizzly bear, mountain sheep, mountain goats, elk, moose,
and caribou.  Hunting whitetail deer in New England and Canada brought him
great enjoyment. 

He was a lifetime member of B.P.O.E. Lodge #879 of Claremont, a lifetime
member of the American Legion Post #29 of Claremont, a member of the
L.O.O.M. Lodge #1201 of Claremont and a member of the Foresters Club in
Newport.

Norman leaves his loving wife of 44 years, Barbara Ross Mabie.  He is also
survived by his brother, Earl Mabie of Hooksett, NH; son Richard K. Mabie
and his wife Wendolyn of Pembroke, NH; son Van A. Mabie of Boston, MA;
daughter Christine Sargent of Manchester, NH, and stepdaughter Debra Landry
MacAskill and her husband Donald of Chambersburg, PA; a number of
grandchildren, one great granddaughter, two sister-in-laws, nieces, nephews,
and cousins.

A graveside memorial service will be held Saturday, June 2nd at Eleven
O'clock in St. Mary Cemetery in Claremont with Pastor Michael
Sanborn of the West Unit Community United Methodist Church, officiating.