Nora C. Tuckey
August 6, 1945 - October 22, 2011. Calgary, Alberta
With great sadness the family of Nora C. Tuckey say farewell to their beloved wife, mother, grandmother, aunt, niece and sister. Nora passed away peacefully at home after a 22 month battle with ALS. She was predeceased by her parents, Chuck Emery and Mary McCallum. Nora (Boots) will be dearly missed by her husband Sid, daughters Cory and Shelley (Ron), step children Kim (Richard) and Garry, granddaughters Sarah, Breanne and Sydney, sisters Anne (Pepper) and Dede, Aunt Nora, niece (Dianne) and many other nieces, nephews, cousins, neighbors and friends. For most of her life, Nora lived in Calgary, Alberta with her husband, daughters, granddaughters and their beloved dogs, Woof, Misty, Teaka, Jimmy, Sage. Nora always held her childhood home, the Okanogan valley, dear to her heart and visited often. After graduating from South Okanogan High School in 1964, Nora moved to Calgary where she married Sid and started their family. Nora always loved athletics, nature, music and animals. Her love for animals and nature was ultimately expressed in her involvement with the Southland Natural Park Society. She was President of the Society for many years and was able to inspire many local community residents to come together to fight for environmental/community causes. Both Nora and Sid volunteered many hours and received multiple municipal awards for their efforts at Southland Park. In 1994 they received the Calgary Mayor’s Award for Environmental Achievement and in 2001 Nora received the prestigious Calgary Mayor’s Award for Environmental Individual Achievement.
We would like to thank the Alberta ALS Society for their assistance during Nora’s journey with ALS. We would also like specially acknowledge Nora’s dedicated caregivers, Christine, Carla and Erin who made it possible to stay at home.
A celebration of Nora’s love of life will be held on Thursday November 3rd at 2 pm at the McInnis and Holloway Fish Creek Chapel. 14441 Bannister Rd, SE, Calgary Alberta. A short service followed by tea will take place. The family wishes that donations be made to the Alberta ALS Society in lieu of flowers. www.alsab.ca