Norma M. Steiner

Norma M. Steiner of the North Fork and Florida, died Oct. 1 in Riverhead. She was 85. 

Ms. Steiner was born June 9, 1929, in Buffalo, to Chester and Kathleen Bradley. She served in the Civil Air Patrol during World War II and, following graduation from Riverside High School in 1947, attended the University of Buffalo.

She worked for many years in healthcare administration at the Central Islip Psychiatric Center and was extremely active in numerous community organizations including the U.S. Power Squadrons, the Navy League, the American Cancer Society, the Abilities Foundation, the Girl Scouts, and the Lioness Club of the Islips, of which she served as president.

Predeceased by her husband of 47 years, Ward, and two children, Nancy and Bryan, she is survived by two daughters, Kathleen Pillai Thomas and Sally Beth Steiner; a son, W. Bradley Steiner; and one sister, Carol Burandt; as well as many grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

A funeral mass in her honor will be held at St. Jerome Roman Catholic Church in Largo, Fla. on Dec. 22.