Upon passing her entrance exam with flying colours, along with her good friend Evelyn Stormont, Nora began her education at The High School of Dundee in 1948. Having a particular passion for learning a wide variety of languages, as well as being a member of the Literary Society, Nora truly loved being a part of the School, and always spoke very fondly of her time there.
Leaving in 1953, she began working for DC Thomson as an Editorial Assistant for the women’s magazines, where she later met husband, Richard Booth. After the pair married in 1957, Nora soon left her position at the renowned publishing business, and followed her dream of teaching, by enrolling at Dundee Training College. She graduated from the same with a Certificate in Primary School Teaching in 1961.
Upon graduating from College, Nora and husband Richard moved to Shetland, where Nora was offered her very first teaching job at Sandwick Primary School, and where the couple’s first daughter, Jayne, was born in 1962. Further to this, the family also relocated to a variety of places across the globe, including Kaduna, in Nigeria, where they resided for five years. Second daughter, Linda, was born whilst visiting Blairgowrie in 1966. Upon moving back to Bonny Scotland for two years, an opportunity arose for Nora to teach Latin in a Catholic Secondary School in St. Lucia, known locally as ‘The Convent’. After a further three years away from home, the family permanently returned to Scotland in 1972, settling in Dunfermline.
From here, Nora proceeded to teach at Crossford Primary School until taking early retirement. Sadly, her husband Richard passed away in 1978, and Nora never re-married.
In her spare time, Nora continued to quench her thirst of studying languages by obtaining a University Degree in German, and also taking French classes. Over the years, Nora has still kept in regular contact with, and visited, friends that she had made who reside in both Germany and France.
Sadly, in her late 70s Nora was diagnosed as suffering from Dementia. She passed away peacefully on 7 December 2016.
Survived by daughters Jayne, and Linda, as well as grandsons Murray, and Duncan, she will be dearly missed by all of her family, and close friends.
