While in the hospital during his final illness, Norris wrote a check and gave it to his sister. She deposited it in her bank account. Norris died before the check cleared, and his bank refused to pay it. Can a bank honor a check when it knows of the death of the drawer?

Reference: Business Law with UCC Applications 14th edition by Paul A. Sukys and Gordon W. Brown. Chapter 18 pg. 433, Cases for Analysis #3.