August 7, 1926 ~ October 13, 2015
Born at Fannestelle, Manitoba and passed away in Comox BC
Nora joined the Armed Forces during WWII where she met her husband Harry Inglis. She left the Army to become a wife, mother and homemaker. While travelling from post to post she had 5 children. They left the service and moved to BC in 1956, then to Port Alice in 1963 where she lived till 2003 when she moved to Comox.
She was involved with many organizations and enjoyed giving of herself to help others. Her talents were many. She loved to paint, sculpt, create costumes for family & friends and had a beautiful singing voice. Her faith in Jesus was of utmost importance to her as was her family.
She was predeceased by her husband Harry, her mother Peggy Coombs, her father Ben Olson and her sisters Fern, Jeanette, Rosemarie, Jeanne and Gloria, and her loving and gentle grandson Richard. Survived by her children: Rod (Rhonda) of Pt Hardy, Bruce (Lisa) of Pt Alice, Jaclyn Davis-Casavant of Armstrong, Kaela (John) Mclean of Comox, Russell (Diane) of Pt Alice. Her sisters: Lucille Mularski (twin) of Atlanta Texas, Anita (Leo) Coombs of Winnipeg Manitoba, Ellen (Tim) Schlack of Abbotsford, Colleen (Allan) Steinke of Holland Manitoba, 14 grandchildren, 9 great-grandchildren, and 3 great- great- grandchildren.
A Celebration of Life will be held to honour Nora on Saturday, Oct 24th, 2015 at 2:00p.m. in the Northgate Four Square Church at 1640 Burgess Road in Courtenay. Please join us in remembering Nora by visiting our memorial at www.piercysmtwashingtonfuneral.com.