Norma Joy McDonald, 64, the wife of a retired Navy four-star
admiral and an active member of service wives and volunteer
organizations, died of cancer July 24 at Bethesda Navy Hospital.
Mrs. McDonald, who was a native and resident of Arlington, was a
1942 graduate of Washington-Lee High School. She and Wesley L.
McDonald married in June 1946, after the future admiral's graduation
from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis. A daughter said her
parents had been high school sweethearts.
Mrs. McDonald accompanied her husband to posts across the
country. After her children grew up, she traveled extensively with
her husband in Europe and Latin America.
She had long been …
