Norma Cassavechia, 77, school cook

Norma F. Cassavechia of Charlestown, R.I., a cook for the Ridgefield school system for many years before retiring in 1982, died Wednesday, Nov. 14.
She was 77 years old and the wife of Reno P. Cassavechia.
Born in Keyport, N.J., a daughter of the late Benjamin and Lillian (Schafer) Walling, she lived in Ridgefield many years before moving to Charlestown, R.I., in 1982.
She belonged to St. James Chapel.
Besides her husband, she leaves three sons, Gary Cassavechia of Rochester, N.H., Peter Cassavechia of Tucson, Ariz., and Joseph Cassavechia of Annandale, Va.; a daughter, Wendy Natale of Charlestown; two sisters, Dorothy Laurie of Sterling, Colo., and Katherine Padula of Westport; and four grandchildren and a great-grandson.
A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Saturday in St. James Chapel. Burial was private.