Obituary of Kate Howard Malcolm

MALCOLM, Kate Howard (nee Abney) Kate was born October 15, 1915 near Napton, Missouri and died December 1, 2006 in Toronto, Ontario. Both sides of her family had come to America in the late 1600�s and the family spirit for adventure was one Kate embodied throughout her life. She was the eldest of five girls - Mary, Madge, Agnes and Cynthia. After college, Kate taught English and music in several small towns in Missouri during the late thirties and early forties. In 1942, Kate married Otho Pence who was in the US Army Air Corps and was killed in action in 1943. After his death, Kate joined the American Red Cross and was sent to India. In 1944, she met Jim Malcolm, an English officer, and they married in Brantford, Ontario in 1947. In 1950 they moved to Toronto. Kate and Jim had four children, Douglas, Victoria, Keith and Nancy . Kate returned to teaching in 1963. She taught kindergarten at Daystrom Drive Public School until she retrired in 1981. In retirement, Kate pursued her hobbies of painting, playing the piano, gardening, and travelling. Kate was past president of Ryerson�s Recollections group. In 2004, Kate self-published her memoirs based on the Recollection�s stories. She died in her apartment surrounded by family and friends. She is predeceased by her husbands, her son, Keith, and her sister, Cynthia. She leaves her remaining sisters and children, nine grandchildren - Kerry, Gillian, Ian, Ariel, Nicholas, Jesse, Gareth, James, and Quiller - and two honorary grandchildren, Alexander and Matthew. The family will receive friends at the HUMPHREY FUNERAL HOME - A.W. MILES CHAPEL, 1403 Bayview Avenue (south of Eglinton Avenue East), from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m Thursday December 7. A service will be held on Friday December 8 at 10 o�clock in TIMOTHY EATON MEMORIAL CHURCH (EAST CHAPEL) 230 St. Clair Avenue West, Toronto.