Norma S. Goodman of McHarrie Towne in Baldwinsville passed away suddenly on August 12 at age 92.  Norma was the daughter of Teodolinda (Linda, nee Nardi) and Martino Sartor of Solvay.  She is survived by her three children, Michael (Sharon Handler) of Fairport, William of Ithaca, and Linda Dolmatch (Alan) of Skaneateles, her grandson Spencer Goodman of Fairport, her sister Joanne Picciott (Robert) of Camillus, and many nieces and nephews, and also cousins in Italy, Canada and Australia with whom she kept in touch.
She was predeceased by her parents and her step-father Federico (Fred) Salvagni, her husband Donald, her beloved granddaughter Bailey Goodman, her sisters Louise Dwyer and Helen Crouse Daniels, sister-in-law Nancy Goodman and brothers-in-law Bill Goodman, Francis Dwyer, Bill Crouse and Jim Daniels.

Norma grew up in Solvay to parents who immigrated there from Italy, and only spoke Italian until she started school.  Her father died when she was just two years old, leaving her mother to raise Norma and her sisters Louise and Helen by herself on Gertrude Street in Solvay.  After her mother married Fred Slavagni in 1942, her sister Joanne was born and they all moved to Woods Road.

While in high school she played violin in the orchestra and was on the Solvay cheerleading squad.  When she was cheering at a Solvay-Baldwinsville basketball game in 1949 she met Don Goodman from B'ville and they started dating.  She graduated as Valedictorian of the Solvay High School Class of 1950, and went on to study dental hygiene at the precursor to the Eric County Community College in Buffalo.

After graduating  from dental school she returned to Solvay and started working as a hygienist for Dr. Arthur Tindall on Woods Road, where she had assisted part-time starting in high school, down the street from her home.  She worked for a few other local dentists for short time periods, but ended up spending most of her career at Dr. Tindall's office, and then working for his successor Dr. Gerald Danaher until she retired in 1997.  In 1987, the Post-Standard printed an article about Norma and her sister Joanne sharing a dental hygienist position at Dr. Tindall's office for more than 20 years.

Norma married Don Goodman on August 8, 1953, and then followed him to Fort Bragg, NC, where he served during the Korean War.  After he developed Lymphoma and received a medical discharge, they returned to CNY and settled in the Liverpool area, where they spent 10 years and had their 3 children, Michael, Bill and Linda, living for much of that time down the street from her older sister Louise and her family.

In 1965 they moved to Canton Street in B'ville, and spent a few years there before they bought the house that Don was born in on Maple Road from his mother, after his father died.  Norma would end up living there for 45 years, until she moved to McHarrie Towne in 2013, four years after Don had died.

While her children were growing up, Norma continued to work part time for Dr. Tindall in Solvay, but was always supportive of her children's activities.  She would drive Mike, and later Bill, to early morning swim team practices in the winter, drive Bill and Linda to their piano lessons, and drive Linda to her horse riding lessons on Church Road.  While living in the country on Canton Street she helped Mike raise pheasants for a 4-H project, and was active with her family in the Baldwinsville Grange.

Norma served as a Cub Scout leader for Mike and Bill's Cub Scout Pack, holding meetings in their basement at Maple Road, and also served as a Girl Scout Troop co-leader when Linda was in Girl Scouts, taking them on camping trips.  And she kept active in the outdoors by taking the family cross-country skiing in the winter, even before cross-country skiing became popular in the US, and by riding her bike around the Town of Van Buren with her friends who lived along Maple Road.

In addition, Norma became involved with numerous community organizations in B'ville other than those her family was involved with.  She was a parishioner at St. Mary's of the Assumption Catholic Church, and was active with their Altar and Rosary Society, helping with many tasks including the cleaning of the altar before and after masses.

She helped organize T.E.M.P.O. (To Encourage Music Participation and Organization) to support the music programs in the B'ville public schools, and through that group helped organize a concert at Baker High School of the Yale Glee Club, when her son Bill was the Winter Tour Manager for the Glee Club.

Eventually, when her children were grown and out of the house, Norma became even more active, including in local politics, and ran for Van Buren Town Supervisor in 1987.  Though unsuccessful, she eventually was appointed to the Van Buren Town Planning Board in 1993 and served on it for 18 years until 2011.

After her retirement Norma became very involved with the public access TV channel in B'ville (PAC-B) which her husband Don had helped create in the 1990s.  Over the years she would videotape many community events for broadcast, including the annual Memorial Day Parade,  and did a series of interviews of B'ville gardeners in their home gardens.  An interview with her about the history of PAC-B is available on their YouTube channel.   Because of her long-time involvement in community activities, the Baldwinsville Volunteer Center honored her in 2007 by naming her Woman of the Year.

Calling hours will be 4:00-6:30 on Thursday, August 22, followed at 6:30 by a prayer service, at Falardeau Funeral Home, 93 Downer Street, Baldwinsville.  Internment of ashes will occur later at the convenience of the family.  In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St. Mary's of the Assumption Catholic Church, Baldwinsville, or the Food Bank of CNY, Syracuse.