Effie (DePung) Norton was born on December 23, 1902 in Honor, Benzie County, Michigan. She was the daughter of Matilda J. (Titsworth, Moran, DePung) Knight and Jess DePung.

In 1925, she married Peter H. Norton and they had one son: Ronald H. Norton.

Effie died on June 28, 1949 in Kent County, Michigan. She is buried at Fairplains Cemetery in Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan.

Peter who was born in 1902, died in 1968 at the age of 66.