Deacon Terrance Norton, 80, died Oct. 1. He was ordained Oct. 1 and served at St. Luke Parish in River Forest, now part of St. Luke and St. Bernardine Parish.

Deacon Norton grew up in Westchester and attended Fenwick High School, the University of Notre Dame in Indiana and DePaul University College of Law.

He married his wife, Renee, in 1970, and the couple adopted three daughters.

He worked as a federal prosecutor in the Department of Justice’s Organized Crime and Racketeering section. He later worked at the Better Government Association, taught and worked in the clinical law practice at IIT’s Chicago Kent College of Law and was the national pro bono partner at Sonnenschein Nath and Rosenthal, now Dentons, before returning to IIT Kent to help open and run the Center for Open Government.

In the 1980s, the Nortons joined other St. Luke parishioners to help found the Learning Center in Chicago’s North Lawndale neighborhood to teach literacy to adults whose educations have been cut short. The couple tutored, raised money, and served on the Board.

He is survived by his wife; daughters Bridget, Cara and Elizabeth; four grandchildren; and his brother, Mike.