Sgt Norman Carl Botham, CD (Ret’d)

We regret to advise of the death of Sergeant Norman Carl Botham, CD (Ret’d), peacefully, in his 84th year at the Kingston General Hospital on Tuesday, 7 April 2015.

Norman was a Korean War veteran who joined the Army Survey Establishment in 1959. He was a Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps Storeman-Clerk who worked first in the Map Depot and then moved to the Army Survey stores section in the old Militia Stores Building in 1963. With his promotion to Sergeant in 1965 he moved to the Unit Orderly Room. Norman was posted in 1966 and retired shortly thereafter. After his retirement he opened an electronics repair business in Ottawa. Norman remained a member of the Mapper Family and attended the Survey Christmas parties for many years.

Friends are invited to visit with the family at Lannin Funeral Home on Tuesday, 14 April 2015 from 12 noon until time of Funeral Service in the Chapel at 2:00 pm. Interment to follow at Hillcrest Cemetery. As expressions of sympathy, donations to the World Wildlife Fund or The Smiths Falls Community Hospital would be appreciated by the family^.{khMay2016}