Patricia or “Pat” was born July 5th, 1935 to second generation Canadian /Irish-English parents in Kimberley, B.C. Her father, Fred Botterill, was a “timberman” who did framing in the Sullivan Mine managed by the Cominco Company. Pat’s parents met at the mine when her mother, Eileen Patience, took a job in the cook house. When the […]Read Post ›