Obituary of Catherine Lorraine Somerville

SOMERVILLE, CATHERINE LORRAINE passed away peacefully at the St. John and St. Stephen Church Home, University Avenue, Saint John on September 6, 2014 where she had been living since November 2010. She was the daughter of the late George C. and Ethel L. (MacLaren) Vaughan. After graduating from Saint John High School she entered the Saint John General Hospital School of Nursing from which she graduated in 1948 as a Registered Nurse. She then completed a four month post graduate course in Obstetrical Nursing in 1949 at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal before joining the Obstetrical Staff at the Saint John General Hospital. She is survived by her husband Graeme F. Somerville, son David B., son Andrew D. (Joyce), daughter-in-law Patti all of Saint John and daughter Ruth L. Somerville of Perth-Andover NB. Also surviving are five grand children, Raven (Bradley) Taylor, Eric (Julie) Somerville, Christopher, Michael and Caitlin Somerville, and three great-grandchildren Alyssa and Rhys Taylor and Owen Somerville. She was pre-deceased by her eldest son, Peter G. Somerville, of Fredericton, in 2008. Arrangements are under the care and direction of Brenan’s Funeral Home, 111 Paradise Row, Saint John (634-7424). Following cremation a private family burial service will be held. There will be no visitation by request of the family. The family also requests that flowers not be sent. For those who may choose to do so memorial donations may be made to the Catherine and Graeme Somerville Neonatal Fund at the Saint John Regional Hospital Foundation, or to any other charity of the donor’s choice.