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The Tucker Family Album by Frances Righter Tucker and Dr Russell Naughton 2003/4
Last Updated December 22, 2003
1928 Walt and Norma engaged, 1928? click image to enlarge
 Walt and Norma engaged, 1928? click image to enlarge
by Frances Jean Righter Tucker Norma Lucile Forman - Righter was born in Brooklyn, NY Jan. 8, 1905. She was five months old when her father died. Her mother thought that Oberlin, Ohio would be a nice college town and a good environment to raise children in-so they moved. Norma went to Oberlin schools from kindergarten through one year of college. Then she and her mother moved to California-where Norma attended Santa Ana Junior College and received her diploma June 1927. Next came Broadoaks Kindergarten Primary Training School-received a Kindergarten-Primary Credential Class II in February 1928-taught kindergarten for a little over a year, got married, went back to school, and received a Bachelor of Education Degree in June 1921 from Broadoaks School of Education, Whittier College, CA. Norma had big brown eyes and light blonde hair when she was young. Her hair gradually turned brown. She was and excellent swimmer and did competition events in College. She was the children's choir director at the Glendale, Congregational Church and Congregational Church of the Foothills-when she and Walt moved to the Righter Ranch in Orange, CA. She was generous, kind and devoted to her church and friends. Norma loved to entertain with dinners, puppet shows, badminton games and unusual parties. She enjoyed writing children's music, stories, plays, monologue and had some success as a writer. (Daughter, Fran, performed the Monologs for her at church programs and for various organizations.) She met Walter Hammond Righter at a party given by mutual friends. They married June 25, 1929 and lived in Glendale, CA for about 33 years before they moved back to Orange, CA where he died July 11, 1982 and she Feb. 15, 1985. Both died of cancer and are buried at the Fairhaven Cemetery, Orange, CA-adjacent to the old Righter Ranch. (His Father, Mother and Grandmother are also buried there.)
1929
 Walt and Norma's wedding, June 25, 1929 click image to enlarge
 Walt and Norma's wedding, June 25, 1929 click image to enlarge
 Walt and Norma's wedding, June 25, 1929 click image to enlarge
 Walt and Norma's wedding, June 25, 1929 click image to enlarge
 Walt and Norma's wedding, June 25, 1929 click image to enlarge
 2048 Watson Street, Glendale, Calif
"Our original little house before the add-ons. click image to enlarge
Their first daughter, Frances Jean, arrived March 27, 1932 and their second, Catherine Louise, Sept. 12, 1934. In 1959 still living there, but in a spacious house…In 1947 Walt had bought the little house next door and built the two into one lovely four bedroom home and they "stayed put" for the next thirteen years. A total of 41 years was spent living on Watson St.
 2048 Watson Street, the 'new' home, Glendale, CA.
 2048 Watson Street, the 'new' home, Glendale, CA.
"[The] two houses being connected and an extra addition under construction. click image to enlarge
In 1960 Walt and Norma moved to the Righter Ranch at 12751 So. Tustin Ave. Orange, CA. (Tele: KEllog 8-1711) By 1966 the ranch was sold and in September they moved a few blocks away at 12912 Malina Drive, Santa Ana, CA where they lived out their lives.
1932 Norma and Fran, March 1932 click image to enlarge
1934 Norma, Walt, Cathie and Fran, Christmas 1934 click image to enlarge
 Fran, almost 3 years old click image to enlarge
1935 Cathie with 'Grandpa' Righter (Wm. Jay Righter) March 24, 1935. click image to enlarge
 Fran, Cathie, 1935 At Grandpa Righter's Orange Ranch in Orange, CA (Orange later became Santa Ana, CA) click image to enlarge
 Cathie, six and a half months, March 24, 1935 click image to enlarge
 Cathie, 10 months, July 1935 click image to enlarge
 Fran, July 1935 click image to enlarge
 Fran, July 1935 click image to enlarge
 Fran, Cathie, December 1935 Frances 3 yrs, 9 months, Catherine 15 months click image to enlarge
1936 Cathie, c1936 click image to enlarge
 Cathie, March 2, 1936 click image to enlarge
 Walter and Cathie, March 2, 1936 click image to enlarge
 Cathie, March 2, 1936 click image to enlarge
 Cathie, Fran and Uncle Lyle, September 1936 click image to enlarge
 Cathie, September, 1936 click image to enlarge
 Fran, 1936 click image to enlarge
 Fran, 1936, detail click image to enlarge
 Walt, Norma, Fran and Cathie, Christmas 1936 click image to enlarge
1937 Cathie, 1937 Nicknamed "Tinka" by her father...She looked like a little 'Dutch' girl click image to enlarge
1939 Fran, Cathie and their dolls, June 1939 Taken at Aunt Frank's (Frances) home in Ohio click image to enlarge
 Cathie and Frannee making a doll house for Cathie, Sept. 1939 click image to enlarge
 Cathie and Frannee making a doll house for Cathie, Sept. 1939 click image to enlarge
 Fran 7 1/2 and Cathie 5, 2048 Watson St. Glendale, CA. 1939 click image to enlarge
 Fran 7 1/2 and Cathie 5, 2048 Watson St. Glendale, CA. 1939 click image to enlarge
 Fran 7 1/2 and Cathie 5, 2048 Watson St. Glendale, CA. 1939 click image to enlarge
 Fran 7 1/2 and Cathie 5, 2048 Watson St. Glendale, CA. 1939 click image to enlarge
1946 Fran the pilot, Luscombe 'Trainer', 1946 click image to enlarge
 Fran the pilot, Luscombe 'Trainer', 1946 click image to enlarge
 Fran the pilot, Luscombe 'Trainer', 1946 (detail) click image to enlarge
1947 Norma and Walt, 1947 CHECK click image to enlarge
 2048 Watson Street, Glendale, CA, 1947 click image to enlarge
 2048 Watson Street, Glendale, CA, 1947 click image to enlarge
FRAN PLEASE CHECK THIS ANNOTATION
1948 Fran's first car, 1948 click image to enlarge
 Fran at the beach, NY, 1948 click image to enlarge
 Fran and Norma, 1948 click image to enlarge
1950
Fran, Graduation, c1950 click image to enlarge
Fran at the beach, NY, 1950 click image to enlarge
Fran the costumier, 1950 click image to enlarge
1951
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