Norberg Memorial Home

Norberg Memorial Home Inc. & Monuments honored to serve

Norberg Memorial Home, Inc. & Monuments has been honored to serve area families since 1903. Norberg’s is owned and operated by J.D. and Janice Smallwood.

Norberg’s has been in the Smallwood family since 1956. J.D.’s father Bodie, partnered with the late Arthur Norberg, buying into the company in 1966 and eventually becoming sole owner. J.D. purchased the funeral home from Bodie in 2008. J.D. started working with Bodie in 1996 after graduating from Worsham Mortuary School in Wheeling, IL. He was able to work with his father for over 10 years, before Bodies’s passing in late 2008. Janice came on board in early 2018 after moving back home to Princeton.

J.D. and Janice’s love story began at the Skate-A-Rama in Princeton. In the late 70’s, Janice moved to South Carolina after her father took early retirement. She owned a bookkeeping company in South Carolina, Palmetto Bookkeeping Services, as well as sales and support for Peachtree Accounting Software and Quickbooks. She managed and maintained the books for several large not for profit organizations including the South Carolina State Firefighters Association as well as USTA South Carolina.

J.D. and Janice reconnected through a mutual friend after her husband’s passing. J.D. and Janice will soon be celebrating their five-year anniversary.

“Not only was J.D. my first love, but he will also be my last,” Janice said. “It’s one of the hardest jobs I’ve ever loved. It’s a true honor that people select us to care for their loved one during their time of need,” says J.D. and Janice.

Norberg’s provides affordable funerals, cremations, burials, prearrangements, monuments and headstones as well as urns, vaults and a variety of memorial and customized jewelry. During these trying times, they also offer live-streaming services at no charge and have the capability for drive-through services if needed.

Norberg’s is located at 701 E. Thompson St., Princeton. Ph: (815) 875-2425. Please visit our website at www.norbergfh.com or email: norberg@norbergfh.com.