Katie was the elder daughter of Samuel Henry Comor (previously Samuel Hirsch Komorower) and his wife Annie. Born in Berlin the family described themselves on the 1911 census as Austrian. The father was an agent in Cotton but soon took over the Boarding House at 1 Warley Road Blackpool and advertised the place as 'The only Jewish Boarding House on the Promenade'. The family became stalwarts of Blackpool Jewry with Samuel being on several committees.
Katie's two oldest brothers joined the army and sadly her brother Maurice was killed. She married Ralph Wansker from Manchester and they settled initially in Blackpool, running the Boarding House for many years up until at least 1939.
Katie died in 1972 in Conway but she lies along with the rest of the family in the Jewish part of Blackpool cemetery.