Norah King was born in Bearpark, Durham, England, on November 28th , 1921 to Thomas and Mary Jane Gallagher. They lived at 29 Dodd St. and as the family grew to eight girls and one boy, they moved to a larger home at 46 Ritson Ave.. Norah's father worked as a coal miner in a mine where his father was the under manager of the mine and her father, Thomas, died at the age of 59. With a grade 8 education she started working and at the age of 14 she was working in Manchester. At the age of 16 she moved in with her older sister Ellen, who worked for a couple on Broadway in Manchester, England. During WWII the factory she worked in changed from producing bicycle chains to making chains for weapons. She met her future husband, Robert King, at a bus stop, where they exchanged addresses. Robert was from Fife, Scotland and served in the RAF during the war. They kept in touch and mom married her sweetheart, Bob, on November 10, 1945. She was turning 24 and Bob was 25. Their first son Robert was born in Scotland, where they lived in the King family home. Our father came to Canada after WWII and having read an article describing Canada as the land of milk and honey. He came first and mom and baby followed later. In 1949 he rented an apartment on King St. in St.Catharines and later moved to an old soldier's training camp located on the airport grounds. Then he bought a half-acre lot on 7th St., in NOTL, on monthly installments,later called Dorchester St.. Scotty, as he was known, built a small 2 bedroom home, on this lot, and as the family grew he moved the house back from the road onto a basement foundation and added a back addition. Years later he build a second storey addition as the family grew to 9 children,4 boys and 5 girls. Often when mother was ready to give birth, dad liked to go shopping for a new car and on one occasion someone else had to drive her to the hospital to deliver her baby, while dad was buying a new car. At times when dad had no work, mom would go out and find work, cleaning beautiful. large houses and working at the old canning factory in NOTL. Even during tough times my father never forgot Valentines day and mom's birthday and they liked to go to the big band concerts and dances at Crystal Beach, etc.. In the early years mom loved to go to dad's soccer games, where he played goalie. Our parents liked to take the whole family camping using an old army tent and in the 1960's dad used a Popular Mechanics plan to build his own tent trailer, which he pulled with our large station wagon to go camping. In the 1960s to 1980's members of mom's family from England would take turns coming to stay and visit with us at our home in NOTL. They loved the fruits and vegetables and to explore the area with our family. Mom would sew our clothes and make patchwork quilts for all our beds. She knit sweaters and baked cookie sheet pies and canned fruits and jams. Scottie (Robert King) died March 20, 1985. Mom attended church every Sunday with as many kids as she could round up in time and dad would drive us to church and be standing waiting ready right in front to pick us up, when church was over. She was also a long time member of the Catholic Women's League. Mom liked to volunteer, canvassing with the Canadian Cancer Society for 50 years and for Heart and Stroke and volunteered at Chateau Gardens for over 30 years. At the age of 90 she was still pushing residents in wheelchairs and setting up for mass at the old folks home. In 2011 the Town of NOTL recognized and awarded Norah for all of her years of volunteering work with seniors. For many years, Norah's dear friend, Sheila Peters, drove her to church and volunteered with her at Chateau gardens. Mom enjoyed her friendship, going to restaurants and shopping together. Norah had many friends in NOTL and loved her long daily walks downtown where she greeted and spoke with everyone she would meet. She did this until she entered the old folks home 4 years ago. Mom enjoyed the regular family visits from her children and grandchildren while at Chateau Gardens (Chartwell). Thank you to the caring staff at Chartwell. Norah passed away peacefully 6 days before her 98th birthday. Rest in peace mom, we love you.