Rosamond Nicolson
October 18, 1922 –
Rosamond Nicolson was born October 18, 1922, in Little Massingham, Kings Lynn, England, and passed May 03, 2020, at age 97, in Spring, Texas. Parents John and Ida Mary West, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, England.
Her education was at Little Massingham School and Fakenham Academy, then onto Murdins Secretarial School. Her first job was a law firm in King’s Lynn, Norfolk, England.
Joined WRAF: Woman’s Royal Air Force, 1941-1944, England
Assigned to work with US Eighth Air Force in England as a spotter to identify US bombers returning or not returning from their bombing mission on Nazi German targets
Rosamond came to America as a World War II bride in March 1946 with her six-month-old son Russell. Mary, her daughter, was born a couple of years later. Home was Osterville, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod for most of her life. Life long friends were other British wives she met over the years coming from the same background.
Rosamond worked as a legal secretary for 34 years in Hyannis, Massachusetts, for Daniel Fern. She retired and married Douglas J. Nicolson, originally from Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1981. Happily married for the next 24 years until Douglas’s passing in 2005. They became snowbirds, summers in Dennis Port, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod and winters in Kings Point, Sun City Center, Fla., retirement community.
They were very active in the Cape Cod community for years, volunteering at the Dennis Port Thrift Shop, Brits Club, which put on dances and entertainment along with lobster lunches. She was an avid gardener and prize winner in Japanese Floral arrangements. Loved music and entertaining their friends with her famous cocktail parties. They were members of Christ Church Episcopal in Harwich Port, Massachusetts. They traveled to England and Scotland for many years to see friends, family, along with countless cruises. In King’s Point, Sun City Center, Fla., she was always on the go with lawn bowling, Tai Chi, chorus line dancing, ball room dancing, along with exercise class and potluck dinners. Her church family was St. John the Divine Episcopal Church with Father Lee, her favorite. She commented many times she was busier retired than when she was working. She was always off and running with her best friend and confidant, Beryl. Her ongoing companions were Beryl and Dorothy, calling themselves “The Three Musketeers,” always up to something. Dorothy passed in 2015. My mother was teasingly referred to as the “Queen,” referencing Queen Elizabeth. Her always perfectly coiffured hair and distinct English demeanor made her unmatched.
In June 2015 she was moved from Florida to Texas to be near her daughter Mary. She was in different care facilities till her passing in May 2020. Her faithful and beloved caregiver Diana was by her side for those five years. You are in our hearts forever.
Rosamond was predeceased by her parents, John and Ida West. She is survived by her sister, Jill Hubbard; niece, Sonia Hubbard; and nephew, Neil Hubbard, of Kings Lynn Norfolk, England. Survivors include her children, Russell Milne and wife and daughter, Mary Midkiff; Douglas’s children: Donald Nicolson and wife Ginny, Annapolis, MD; Sandra Nicolson passed 1983; grandchildren: Jayne, Josh and Justin; great-grandchildren: Parker, Hayden and Tinley, all of Houston, Texas.
Rosamond will be joining her husband Douglas in the Memorial Garden of Christ Church Episcopal, Harwich Port, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod at a later date.
Her education was at Little Massingham School and Fakenham Academy, then onto Murdins Secretarial School. Her first job was a law firm in King’s Lynn, Norfolk, England.
Joined WRAF: Woman’s Royal Air Force, 1941-1944, England
Assigned to work with US Eighth Air Force in England as a spotter to identify US bombers returning or not returning from their bombing mission on Nazi German targets
Rosamond came to America as a World War II bride in March 1946 with her six-month-old son Russell. Mary, her daughter, was born a couple of years later. Home was Osterville, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod for most of her life. Life long friends were other British wives she met over the years coming from the same background.
Rosamond worked as a legal secretary for 34 years in Hyannis, Massachusetts, for Daniel Fern. She retired and married Douglas J. Nicolson, originally from Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1981. Happily married for the next 24 years until Douglas’s passing in 2005. They became snowbirds, summers in Dennis Port, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod and winters in Kings Point, Sun City Center, Fla., retirement community.
They were very active in the Cape Cod community for years, volunteering at the Dennis Port Thrift Shop, Brits Club, which put on dances and entertainment along with lobster lunches. She was an avid gardener and prize winner in Japanese Floral arrangements. Loved music and entertaining their friends with her famous cocktail parties. They were members of Christ Church Episcopal in Harwich Port, Massachusetts. They traveled to England and Scotland for many years to see friends, family, along with countless cruises. In King’s Point, Sun City Center, Fla., she was always on the go with lawn bowling, Tai Chi, chorus line dancing, ball room dancing, along with exercise class and potluck dinners. Her church family was St. John the Divine Episcopal Church with Father Lee, her favorite. She commented many times she was busier retired than when she was working. She was always off and running with her best friend and confidant, Beryl. Her ongoing companions were Beryl and Dorothy, calling themselves “The Three Musketeers,” always up to something. Dorothy passed in 2015. My mother was teasingly referred to as the “Queen,” referencing Queen Elizabeth. Her always perfectly coiffured hair and distinct English demeanor made her unmatched.
In June 2015 she was moved from Florida to Texas to be near her daughter Mary. She was in different care facilities till her passing in May 2020. Her faithful and beloved caregiver Diana was by her side for those five years. You are in our hearts forever.
Rosamond was predeceased by her parents, John and Ida West. She is survived by her sister, Jill Hubbard; niece, Sonia Hubbard; and nephew, Neil Hubbard, of Kings Lynn Norfolk, England. Survivors include her children, Russell Milne and wife and daughter, Mary Midkiff; Douglas’s children: Donald Nicolson and wife Ginny, Annapolis, MD; Sandra Nicolson passed 1983; grandchildren: Jayne, Josh and Justin; great-grandchildren: Parker, Hayden and Tinley, all of Houston, Texas.
Rosamond will be joining her husband Douglas in the Memorial Garden of Christ Church Episcopal, Harwich Port, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod at a later date.