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Tributes to N Norfolk teacher and lay minister Tributes have been paid to lay minister Sue Ling, a retired teacher and musician from Mundesley, who has died aged 83.
Mrs Ling, then Miss Boagey, was born and brought up in London and spent war years as an evacuee in Newent, Gloucestershire. She played the piano and violin in orchestras and competitions, even travelling to the Netherlands to perform. She attended Clapham County School for Girls, where she was a prefect, captain of games and captained tennis, rounders, and hockey teams. When she was 18, she moved to Norfolk to train as a music specials teacher at Keswick Hall College, and her first job was at Aylsham High School in 1957. In her early twenties she played the fiddle for the Kemps Men of Norwich Morris dancing group and took part in amateur dramatics in North Walsham.
Sue Ling in her Girl Guiding uniform.
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In 1961 she married Keith Ling, an agricultural engineer, and they had many happy years together until Keith died in 2004. The couple lived in Stalham briefly and then North Walsham, and Mrs Ling moved to Mundesley in 2009.
Mrs Ling s first job was at Aylsham High School in 1957 and she went on to teach at Manor Road and Millfield Road schools in North Walsham, including a period when Jane and their son, Matthew, were pupils there.
Throughout her life she demonstrated her dedication to both her professional life and her family and friends.
Kristel Middleton, described as happy and giggly , died suddenly aged 23
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The mother of a former Clare School pupil has paid tribute to her “happy and giggly” daughter who died suddenly aged 23.
Stephanie Booty, of Costessey, Norwich, described her daughter, Kristel Middleton, as being much-loved and said she will be missed every day and always remembered with a smile .
Kristel Middleton, pictured with mum, Stephanie Booty, and brothers (left to right) Leo and Thomas
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Kristel was born on December 21, 1996, with choreoathetoid cerebral palsy, a movement disorder caused by damage to the developing brain.
âWhat did God make you to do?â
Discerners assured of Godâs love, invited to apostolic mission as priests Michael Patton, a 24-year-old discerner from Canby, plays guitar Jan. 9 during a break at the annual vocations discernment retreat in Beaverton. (Ed Langlois/Catholic Sentinel) 1/16/2021 9:32 AM
select Archbishop Alexander Sample speaks to potential seminarians during a vocations retreat Jan. 9 in Beaverton. âThe question is, what do you think God made you to do, and will you do it?â the archbishop told the 18 retreatants. (Ed Langlois/Catholic Sentinel) " " Archbishop Alexander Sample on giving seminary a try
BEAVERTON Jake Coleman, 30, had long considered priesthood before he began the seminary application process seven months ago. A member of Our Lady of the Lake Parish in Lake Oswego, he now works at a care home for disabled adults.