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| Alcena Leigh Norling Published/Last Modified on Wednesday, January 20, 2010 10:29 AM PST Alcena Leigh Norling died peacefully Saturday, January 9 with her son and daughter at her side. She was born September 14, 1947 in Perryton, Texas to Ovie and Alcena Doane. As a child, Leigh moved to San Francisco and later to Pacifica where she attended Terra Nova High School. In 1972 she moved to Kings Mountain above Woodside, California. Leigh was an active volunteer in her community. For many years she was chief dispatcher for the Kings Mountain Volunteer Fire Brigade, was editor of the Kings Mountain Echo, was a founding board member and secretary for many years of the Kings Mountain Education Fund that supports the local school. She helped form the local parents coalition that still today hosts the Halloween party for children and was extremely active in the Kings Mountain Art Fair serving in various roles including its Board of Directors. Leigh's most recent gift was volunteering as a docent to protect the seal pupping area in MacKerricher State Park in Mendocino County. Leigh had an amazing ability to form lasting friendships wherever she lived and worked. Most of her adult life was spent on Kings Mountain working for various companies including the family business, Skywood Realty, kitchen design shops in San Francisco and Honolulu, and Stanford University. Her most recent endeavor was building a real estate portfolio in Austin, Texas. Leigh is survived by her former husband Chris Norling of Woodside, her son Nathaniel Norling of Fort Bragg, her daughter Jessica Norling of Woodside, her son Mark Graham and his wife Gill, her granddaughter Nicole and grandson Andrew all of Lafayette, her brother Gerry Doane and his wife Mary of Dundee, Oregon and numerous cousins, nieces and nephews. A memorial gathering - service will be held 2 p.m. Sunday January 31, at the Kings Mountain Community Center, 13883 Skyline Boulevard, Woodside, Ca. In lieu of flowers contributions to her memory can be made to the Marine Mammal Center, Marin Headlands, 2000 Bunker Road, Fort Cronkhite, Sausalito, CA 94965 or to the Kaiser Hospice Program, 180 N. Wolfe Rd., Ste. SW3-160, Cupertino, CA 95014. |