Norma Isabel Rosania

Norma Isabel Rosania, age 93, passed away quietly during her sleep after a long battle with Altzheimers. Norma was a faith-based, well-loved, warm and caring person who never met a stranger! She had a story for every situation and led an adventurous life, including being a mermaid in Florida and a cotton candy maker at a traveling carnival. She loved talking about all the places she has lived and visited and all of the wonderful people that were blessed to know her. Norma and her late husband Don Rosania, who she reconnected with at their 50th high school reunion, traveled to six of the seven continents by cruising and we are hoping they are on a cruise in heaven now. Norma was born on November 8, 1932, to the late Isabel and Stewart Wachter in Bethlehem. Pennsylvania. She was preceded in death by her sisters, Rosemary Reitmeir, and Helen Russell, her first husband of 29 years, Blaine Chesnut, and her second husband of 28 years, Donald J. Rosania, and two infants, Edward James and David Blaine. Norma worked several jobs during her career. She worked as a teller at Valley Bank in Chambersburg where she met her first husband. Norma was an ammunitions clerk at Letterkenny Army Depot. She was an accounting clerk for Penn State University and later in life at Grand Strand Hospital and a clerk at a local Walmart. Norma taught Sunday School at Ocean Lakes Campground during her time living there. She was an active member of The Church of the Resurrection in Surfside Beach and most recently The Well by the Sea in Myrtle Beach. She was a member of the Daughters of the King and Beta Sigma Phi. Norma is survived by her sister, Barbara Young and husband Rodney, her two sons Keith Chesnut and Roy Chesnut and wife Tatiana, Foster children, Craig Stirton and wife Janice, and Valerie and husband, David TIll. Grandchildren, Roy Chesnut, Jr., Desiree Shuping and husband Eric, Sean Chesnut and wife Michelle, Bradley Stirton and wife Jennifer, and Erika Leigh Howard and husband Malcom, her foster grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren. Her step family that will also miss her greatly includes, step-son in law; Mike Groomes and his late wife Donna Groomes, step-daughter; Brenda and husband Mark Bowie, a step-son; David and his wife Beverly Rosania,Step-grandchildren, Michael Groomes, Stacy Bureau and husband Jay, Kim McAllister and husband Fred, Joan Nicoli and husband Chris, David Rosania and wife Julie, Barbara Rosania, and Amy Somers and husband Kevin, and 13 step-great-grandchildren. A Memorial Service will be held on October 24th at 11:00 am at The Well by the Sea, in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The burial will be at a later date in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. In lieu of flowers the family has requested donations to be made to the Altzheimers Association

Norma Isabel Rosania

November 8, 1932 - August 14, 2026