Norman B. Asher 84, of Dedham, formerly of Newton, on November 15 after long illness. The son of the late Dorothy and Jacob Asher, he was born and raised in Worcester. In 1945, as a corporal in the Army Combat Engineers, he boarded a transport bound for the invasion of Japan that was set to sail when Japan surrendered. After graduating from Clark University, on whose Board of Trustees he served for many years, he received his LL.B. from Columbia Law School in 1951. As a young attorney with the Internal Revenue Service he participated in the drafting of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. For over forty years, he practiced corporate and tax law in Boston with the firm now known as WilmerHale and loved every minute of it. He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Lenore (Elman), his sons and daughters-in-law Steven and Rebecca Warner, Jacob and Nancy Hosay, Benjamin and Liza, and Robert and Jennifer, and his ten cherished grandchildren: Daniel, Samuel, Sophie, Eve, Henry, Lucas, Maggie, Theo, Elias, and Annabel, all of whom miss him something awful. He is also survived by his beloved sister, Margery Russem, her husband Jerome, and six nieces and nephews. He loved birdwatching, tales of mountaineering, Verdi’s operas, hot soup, eggs fried in hollowed-out pumpernickel, raising money for the Combined Jewish Philanthropies, shopping at Filene’s Basement, and most of all his family. Over the last four years, he stoically refused to allow a daunting series of medical problems to overcome his wit, his warmth, and his spirit. Funeral services will be held at 12 noon, Wednesday, November 17 at Temple Shalom of Newton, 175 Temple Street, West Newton, followed by interment at Sharon Memorial Park. Visitors are welcomed from 4 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, November 18 and 2 to 4 p.m. on Friday, November 19 at his late residence, 3320 Great Meadow Road, Newbridge House, Dedham. In lieu of flowers, remembrances in his memory may be made to Clark University, 950 Main St., Worcester, MA 01610 or Hebrew Senior Life, 1200 Centre St. Roslindale, MA 02131