- Date Of Birth: March 18, 1910
- Date Of Death: August 1, 2010
- State: Maine
Brunswick- Nathalie (Nat) Caton, 100, formerly of Wiscasset, died on August 1, 2010 at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick.
Nathalie was born in Husby, Norway, a small town on an island off the northern coast, on March 18, 1910. She was the oldest of three children born to Karethe (Hille) and Rudolph Westwig. The family immigrated to America when Nathalie was 13 years old and settled in Portland, where relatives from Norway were living.
Already a shy girl, she found herself in a new land, new culture and new language. She talked of how hard she’d worked to learn English, so she could get out of the “baby” classes, the lower grades she’d been placed in until she was ready to advance. She did well, learned the language, made friends, and graduated from Portland High School. She then attended Gorham Normal School for two years earning her teaching credentials. She did tutoring for some families in Portland, then taught English to immigrants, before taking a position in Wiscasset. She taught school at the Lowelltown one-room schoolhouse for two years before meeting Mark Caton. They married in 1937 and settled on Birch Point Road, then started their family.
Nathalie enjoyed the privacy of her yard, her flower gardens, and her birds, especially her favorite the Chickadees.
Her husband Mark died in 1980.
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