Dorothy Drake Canning 1921 - 2014
Dorothy Drake Canning 1921 - 2014
Our mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and
friend, Dorothy, passed away in her sleep on Tuesday the 25
th
of
February 2014. All people were fondly known to her as “Love”.
Dorothy was born on what we are sure was a sunny day
(sometimes rare) on the 21
st
of December 1921 in Dukinfield,
Cheshire, England to the proud parents of Nellie Gertrude Drake and Walter
Drake - the second of six siblings.
Although she had a troubled childhood in school (she
was often late and locked out), she found her way to becoming a beautiful young
lady that often attracted the attention of local boys. But her heart was meant
for another. At an afternoon tea dance near her home, she met a pilot – a
handsome American chap from Barber, Idaho who was taking some R&R after
crashing a plane during World War II. The courtship flourished, but was surely
sealed with the young pilot bringing gifts from time to time from all over
Europe to Dorothy and her siblings. They were married in St. Peters Church in
Aston-Under-Lyne on the 14
th
of July 1945. Her wedding dress being
made out of a silk parachute canopy supplied by her intended. Dorothy became
one of many “War Brides”.
Shortly after
the wedding, she undertook the huge adventure of leaving her family in England
and sailing by ship to New York City. Then on by train across this huge
desolate country (Not much green in the USA, compared to Great Britain.) to the
train depot in Boise, Idaho, where she was met by her husband, John, in Boise.
They began married life in the southern Idaho desert – much different than
Dorothy’s beloved homeland of England.
Two sons came along in the late ‘40s and early ‘50s,
John and Joe. Life continued to be exciting, happy and an adventure. Dorothy
created an adventure out of everything – she was always full of energy, and
just wondering whom she was going to meet next to call “Love.”
The wife of a part-time (National Guard) military
officer was a role that fit well with Dorothy. She made innumerable friends
from all over the world, many of them were fellow War Brides. And she called
all of them “Love”. As the wife of a charter member of the Gowen Field
Officers’ Club, she continued to serve on their board or just attend events
there until 2012.
We will miss her. At least on this world, a star has
gone dark.
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