Former resident Charles Martin Nore dies at 82

Charles Martin Nore, 82, passed away on July 6, 2024.

Charles, the oldest of seven children, was born on Sept. 9, 1941, in Wrangell to Martin and Celestine Nore.

In 1956, Charlie and his brother Mike were deckhands on the Marcele for their dad. In the summer of 1957, W.F. Smith brought the first shrimp peeling machine to Wrangell and asked Martin to fish for shrimp for him instead of seining. Charlie and Mike worked for their dad on the Marcele in 1957, 1958 and 1959.

Charlie graduated in the Wrangell High School class of 1959. In 1964 he was drafted for two years into the Army into the 1st Infantry Division, reporting to Fort Riley, Kansas. He did a tour in Vietnam. After the Army he worked at Nore's Building Supply in Wrangell, and in the summers he worked with Edwin Calbreath on the riverboats that traveled from Wrangell to Telegraph Creek, British Columbia.

He attended two years at Kinman Business University in Spokane, where he met his future wife, Lynne Robeck. They were married in Wrangell on Aug. 30, 1969. They soon moved to Anchorage, where he worked as an accountant at Spenard Builders Supply.

Daughter Tiffany was born on Sept. 15, 1970, and daughter Deborah was born Feb. 6, 1972. In the spring of 1973 Charlie and his family moved to Anacortes, Washington, where daughter Paula was born on Feb. 5, 1979. In Anacortes he did some fishing and was in real estate before he started his own business Nor-Vac Sweeping. After retiring, he returned to Wrangell to spend summers on his boat and do a little fishing.

He was preceded in death by his parents Martin and Celestine Nore.

Charlie is survived by his wife, Lynne, of 55 years; daughters Tiffany Nore, Deborah (Wes) Frank, Paula (Jason) McDonald; grandchildren Madelynne and Joshua; sisters Evelyn Piatt of Kenai, Alaska, Patricia Gordaoff and Jean Garcia of Sedro Woolley, Washington, and Marcie (Ozzie) Thomas of Dayton, Washington; brothers Michael (Carolyn) Nore of Anacortes, Washington, and Steve Nore of Boise, Idaho.

A celebration of Charlie's life was held on July 13 in Anacortes, Washington