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Showing posts with label Bill Laurie's family. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bill Laurie's family. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Jan 2018 - Passing of Robert Wayne Laurie "Robbie"

Robert Wayne Laurie 1947-2018

Robbie Laurie battled cancer for a year and a half before passing sometime in January this year. He left behind his wife CathyAnn and two daughters and their families.

He is loved and missed!

Sunday, September 15, 2013

James Randolph Laurie "Randy" - Bill & Norah's son

James Randolph Laurie "Randy" was the second son born to Bill and Norah Laurie on Aug 10, 1952. He was born in Magrath, Alberta.


He married Rosemary and they have two girls Mary and Bonnie.

Randy is now called James or Jim Laurie. He was called Randy while living with their grandfather James Mowatt in Magrath, Alberta. 

 


Robert Wayne Laurie "Robbie"- Bill & Norah's son

Robert Wayne Laurie was born on Mar 21, 1947 in Vancouver BC. He is Bill and Norah's first son.


Robbie is very talented especially in art. We are told he designed a very beautiful stained glass rose for a door.

Robert and CathyAnn married in about 1980. CathyAnn is a beautiful dancer and also plays a stand up bass in a Jazz Band and the vocalist as well.

Robbie and CathyAnn have three daughters. CathyAnn has a daughter from a previous marriage named KayDee. Then they had Miracle and Angel.

Bill Laurie with his granddaughters Miracle and Angel
Unfortunately, Robbie died in January of 2018 from a year and a half battle with cancer. They had been married for 38 years at the time of his passing.

KayDee has three sons.

Miracle married Christopher May and they are both actors. Chris just did a Westworld stint. Miracle just started her own production company.

Angel married Watson Bradshaw. She is a bookkeeper and he works in the Movie/TV union as a set building among other things. They are expecting their first child and were able to tell Robbie before he passed away. This will be the first Laurie grandchild in Uncle Bill's family. CathyAnn and her family are excited to welcome this little baby soon.



(updated May 2018)

Monday, March 21, 2011

William Laurie - "Bill" - 3 Aug 1922 - 15 Mar 2003

William James Laurie, known as Bill, was the second child born to James and Jessie Laurie. He was born on Aug 3, 1922 in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. He was probably named after his grandfather William. Bill was very talented at fixing things or designing things. He helped his father fix the line at the cannery in Vancouver. He joined the Air Force and was a mechanic during WWII. He and George were stationed in Vancouver with the air base there.

Bill married Norah Esme Virginia Mowat on Aug 31, 1942. They had two boys, Robbie and Randy.
Norah, Robbie, and Bill Laurie
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Norah finally lost her battle with cancer on 22 Jul 1973. They were living at Costa Mesa, California at the time.

Bill designed many things. While in Costa Mesa he refurbished boats or yachts sometimes for famous people. At one time he was laying carpet on John Wayne's yachts. He also designed and helped build the flame for the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics. He worked on the mechanics for the mechanical seagulls in the movie Johnathan Livingston Seagull. He could figure out just about anything.

 Later he married Elaine Layman. They were living in Santa Rosa, California for a while before she also passed away from cancer.
Bill and Elaine Laurie