Death of veteran Christian broadcaster

Norah Chambers Freed of Trans World Radio died in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on Saturday, September 22nd at the age of 101.

In her 76-year career she served as a nurse, midwife, translator, author and radio broadcaster.

In 1928 she sailed to Morocco as a missionary nurse where she served for 14 years at Tulloch Memorial Hospital. As a midwife, Norah sometimes traveled by bicycle up to 45 miles to minister to North African women.

In March 1960 she married Ralph Freed, general director of Trans World Radio.

When TWR began broadcasting from Monte Carlo, Monaco, seven months later, the Freeds moved there. Norah then became a broadcaster, producing TWR’s international program, “Woman to Woman,” from 1964 to 1995. She produced 1,682 programs in 31 years, personally answering every listener letter that she received.

She retired in her hometown of Belfast in 2003.