Norah ROCHEFORT

ROCHEFORT, Norah. Mercifully passed into the afterlife with grace and dignity after a valiant battle with a second round of cancer on September 4, 2006. She was born on December 3, 1930 in Montreal. Daughter of the late Mary Dorothy Barrett and Charles Rochefort. Previously deceased by her siblings Alexander, David, Gertrude, Mary Louise and Emile. Loving mother of Christopher (Tatiana Vela) of Santiago de Chile, Kathleen (Gary Wagner) of Montreal, Daniel of Ottawa and Maureen of Montreal. Kind and loving Granny of Caroline, Julia and David Wagner. Survived by her only remaining sibling Charles Rochefort and his soul mate and wife Deirdre Dore as well as her aunt Gertrude Cuthbert (100 years young) of St. Andrew's Scotland. She will be fondly remembered by her many nieces and nephews, especially Barbara, as well as her cousins in England. Cherished and remembered by Terrence Maher, Muriel Hynes, Gerry and Lois Carroll, Angie Di Lauro and her neighbours and friends on Albert Duquesne Street. The family wishes to thank Drs. Margery Comeau, David Mulder and Julius Gomolin as well as the compassionate nurses and doctors and Father Roman Lahola of the Palliative Care Unit on 5 Main at St. Mary's Hospital. Visitation at Kane & Fetterly Funeral Home, 5301 Decarie Blvd. (corner Isabella) on Thursday from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral Mass at St. Malachy's Church (corner Isabella and Clanranald) on Friday, September 8, 2006 at 11 a.m. In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to St. Mary's Hospital Foundation or the charity of your choice. Published in the Montreal Gazette on 9/6/2006