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Norman Edward Fechtig, 85, passed away peacefully on Friday, April 15, 2022, at Wabash Christian Village in Carmi. He is survived by his wife Marjorie (Erkman), sons Scott (Nancy Dykhoff) and Mark (Teresa Wilford), 4 grandchildren (Caleb, Caitlin, Nathaniel, Charles), one great-grandson (Garth), brother Allen (Mary Ruth Newlin), brother-in-law Ed Erkman and 10 nieces. He was preceded in death by his parents William J. and Nell (Hutchcraft) Fechtig and older brother C. William Fechtig (Francis Winter) and sister-in-law Jan (Rainey) Erkman. Norman was born in Carmi on November 15, 1936, and raised on a farm near Enfield IL. He attended several one room country schools in the Mill Shoals and Enfield area and graduated from Enfield High School. He later earned a Bachelor's Degree in Agriculture and Master's Degree in Education from the University of Illinois. Norman worked for many years in the White County School system, serving as a teacher at Big Prairie, Brownsville and Norri