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Eleanor Norris at the 1970 dedication of the Albert F. Norris Reservation in Norwell, named after her late husband.

courtesy of Eleanor A. Norris/File

Albert F. Norris, a naval aviator in World War I, in Pensacola, Florida in 1918.

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Eleanor Norris, 100 years old at her Norwell home in 2011.

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Norwell resident Elizabeth Gordon told a visitor about Eleanor Norris at the reservation .

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A view of the North River as seen from the Norris Reservation in Norwell.