Lin Osgood Norman

Lin Osgood Norman passed away on Monday, December 24, 2007 at Anne Arundel Medical Center. She was 65 years old. Lin was born on September 3, 1942 in Riverdale, MD to Rev. Henry Reuben Osgood and Grace Black. As a devoted foster mother, she helped care for many preschool children in Prince George’s County, where her family was named Foster Family of the Year. After education in deaf interpreting at Calverton Baptist Church, she took a hiatus from foster care to get deeper into her study in American Sign Language at Gallaudet University. This skill was instrumental in the adoptions of Kelly and Marisol, as both are profoundly deaf. She resumed foster care accepting MSSD students on a short-term condition. When Marisol came at 10 years old from Chile they pulled back to concentrate on their family. All these achievements emerged from Lin’s spirit of Christian servitude to those in need. God did not grant us a perfect life, but the spirit to overcome through Him. She was actively involved in all the churches she was a member of including the First Baptist Church of Hyattsville from birth to early marriage where her father was the pastor Dr. Henry Osgood. Then she was a Charter member in Calverton Baptist Church in Silver Spring, MD. She loved teaching about Jesus to preschoolers. Then she transferred membership to the Open Bible Deaf Church in New Carrollton, MD. Later, she became an active member of Immanuel’s Church in Silver Spring, MD, until moving to Stevensville, MD. Here, the family worshipped with Island Alliance Church and, currently, Kent Island United Methodist Church. She loved her women’s Bible study groups. Lin is survived by her husband of 47 years, Andrew Lee Norman of Stevensville, son, Randal Norman of Rohrersville, MD; daughter, Sandra Pine and her husband David of Weirton, WV; son, Christopher Norman and his wife Barbara of Bolton, CT; daughter, Kelly Lin Norman of Stevensville, MD; her daughter from Chile, Marisol Medley of Dennison, Ohio; one brother, David Osgood of Sutton, Alaska; and 2 sisters, Rev. Lois Miltimore of Monroeville, N.J. and Judith Osgood Matthews of Rockville, MD. She leaves 12 grandchildren, Danielle and Jessica Norman; James, Benjamin, Nicolas and Reuben Pine; Bethany, Deborah, Theresa and Matthew Norman; Adam Jr and Madeline Medley. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, December 29, 2007 at the Kent Island United Methodist Church at 10 am. Memorial gifts may be made to the American Diabetes Association, P.O. Box 7023, Merrifield, VA 22116 – 7023.