Catherine Jane Lingas (Boyd) was born on September 6, 1939, in Calgary, Alberta, the only daughter and eldest child of Dr. Robert Wallace Boyd of Medicine Hat, Alberta, and Margaret Isabel Orr of Portage la Prairie, Manitoba.

Catherine moved with her family to Vancouver, British Columbia, in February 1946. Her brother Bill was born there in 1949, followed by Don in 1950.

Catherine died on January 27, 2025, and is survived by her husband John; children Alexander (Ann), Christina, Elena (Zac), and Paul; her grandchildren Margaret, Ourania, Marina, Theo, Luke, and Kosta; and by her brothers Donald (Sandi) and Bill (Brenda).

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