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Ponte Vedra Recorder ·September 17, 2015
IN REMEMBRANCE
Norman Lawrence Cannon
Norman Lawrence Cannon, 78, of
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, died peacefully on
Saturday, September 12, 2015 after a brief
bout with cancer. He was born in Kansas
City, KS to William
Lawrence and Norma
Cannon, their only
child. While growing
up across the state line
in Missouri, he earned
the rank of Eagle
Scout and was Senior
CANNON
Class President and
President of the Student Council at Southwest High School.
From there, he attended Harvard University where he was an alum of Eliot House
and was a member of the Hasty Pudding
Club. He earned his B.A. in economics
cum laude in 1959 and went on to earn
his M.B.A. in finance at Harvard Business
School in 1961.
Janet Luft Danford
Janet Luft Danford passed away
peacefully on June 19, 2015, at Cypress Village Skilled Nursing Facility
in Jacksonville, Florida, after a three
year battle with melanoma. She was
born on October 9, 1937, in Chicago,
Illinois, the daughter of Elsie and Alan
Luft and was predeceased by her
father; her step father, Allen G.Rydell;
brother, Gregg A. Rydell; her husband,
G Gerald Danford; uncle, Herbert
Halberg and many wonderful friends
including her lifelong friend, Gracie
Warmbold. Janet is survived by her
mother, Elsie Halberg Rydell; her
sisters, Susan Rydell Buchanan, Robin
Rydell Einbund and Bruna (Bunny)
Luft Dorocke; nephew Jeffrey Rydell
and step daughters, Debra Anderson
and Den