LYLA NORRIS

It is with great sorrow that the family announces the peaceful passing of our mother, Lyla Norris, 86, on Friday, Sept. 20, 2013 at Rainycrest Long-Term Care in Fort Frances, Ont.
Lyla was born Oct. 24, 1926 in Fort Frances to William and Orillia Lennix.
In her younger years, Mom worked at the Sanitary Dry Cleaners. She was an Honourary Life Member of the Royal Canadian Legion Br. #29 Ladies Auxiliary, serving as treasurer, president, and past president.
Mom also enjoyed Bingo, singing old hymns, curling, and bowling. She had a real talent for baking, and her pie crusts were legendary.
Lyla also loved playing cards, and teaching her grandchildren how to play cribbage.
While living at Rainycrest, Mom was remembered for her good sense of humour and her infectious laugh.
She leaves behind her children, Brent (Mary) Calder, Valerie (Robert) Harrison, Cathy (Jerry) Woods, Betty (John) DeGagne, and Clint Calder (Sarah-lynn); grandchildren, Sherri Levert (Pat), Carrie Lee Calder, Amanda (Shawn) Jourdain, Chris Calder, Andrea (Tyler) Bell, Erica (Tyler) Bennett, Curtis (Kat) Harrison, Jeremy Cunningham (Christine), Aimee Cunningham (Sean), Dan (Natalie) DeGagne, Nathan (Sarah) DeGagne, Cheyenne Calder (Garrett), and Abbey Calder, and their mother, Norma Jean Calder; and 25 great-grandchildren.
She also is survived by her brother, William (Ellen) Lennix; brothers-in-law, Lynn Norris (Margaret), Jim Norris, and Gordon (Charlotte) Calder; sisters-in-law, Jane (Jim) McLeod, Florence Hill, and Phyllis Shine; as well as numerous nieces, nephews, and extended family.
Lyla was predeceased by her parents, William and Orillia Lennix; husbands, George W. Calder and Harold Norris; son, Gerald Calder; sisters, Margaret Nault and Edna Quinn; and brothers, Gerald and Stanley Lennix.
A memorial service was held Monday, Sept. 23, 2013 at 3 p.m. at Green Funeral Home in Fort Frances, with a Pastor Diane Clifford officiating.
Cremation has taken place, with interment in the Dryden Cemetery at a later date.
The honourary pallbearers were Lyla’s grandchildren, Sherri Levert, Carrie Lee Calder, Amanda Jourdain, Chris Calder, Andrea Bell, Erica Bennett, Curtis Harrison, Jeremy Cunningham, Aimee Cunningham, Dan DeGagne, Nathan DeGagne, Cheyenne Calder, and Abbey Calder.
Should friends so desire, in memoriam donations may be made at the TD Bank in Fort Frances for her grandson, Nathan DeGagne, who is awaiting a heart transplant.
Online condolences may be offered at www.greenfuneralhomefortfrances.com