Wasco-Umatilla County OR Archives Obituaries.....Norris, Charles "Charlie" Estes August 18, 2006
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The Dalles Chronicle, August 22,  2006
     Charlie Norris, 61, a local firefighter for some 34 years, and former 
fire marshal, died Friday evening, Aug. 18, 2006 at his home in The Dalles. 

     He was the fire marshal for Mid-Columbia Fire & Rescue District for the 
eight years before his retirement in 2000, and was instrumental in 
establishing the Mid-Columbia Fire Protection Cooperative. He joined The 
Dalles Fire Department in 1966.

     He was born Charles “Charlie” Estes Norris in Walla Walla, Wash., on 
April 18, 1945, the youngest of three children to Vernon Eugene and Edna A. 
(Gooding) Norris. He grew up in Hermiston, graduating from Hermiston High 
School in 1963. He attended Eastern Washington University in Cheney, Wash., 
and the National Fire Academy in Washington D.C.

     He married Gloria Sharon Anderson in Boise, ID on Feb. 8, 1975. He worked 
for Union Pacific Railroad as a young man out of college and part-time during 
off duty hours with Carolyn’s Furniture and The Dalles Liquor Store.      
After retiring as the Mid Columbia Fire Marshal, he and his wife started 
Norris Arts (crafting and selling intarsia). They have lived in The Dalles for 
the past 40 years.

     He was a member of the Episcopal Church, Lions Club, and Fraternal Order 
of Eagles Chapter, Wasco County Fire Prevention Co-Op, past member of the 
Local 1308 Firefighter Union, OFIA and OFEA.
 
     He enjoyed watercolors, oil painting, miniatures, photography, wood 
crafting, reading, collecting firefighter memorabilia and camp hosting as a 
volunteer at Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park.

     He is survived by his wife Sharon Norris, The Dalles; three children, 
Marci and her husband Todd Claunch, Vancouver, Wash.; Bobbi and her husband 
Jeff Beck, Philomath; Tina and her husband Jim Warner, Kennewick, Wash.; and 
Alan and his wife Sheri Morgan, Clinton, Okla.; 12 grandchildren, Brittany, 
Bailey, Dalley, Roper, Ashley, Breanna, Noah, Andria, Lea, Nicole, Sherinda 
and Jared; one great-grandchild, Alexi; two sisters, Peggy and her husband Ted 
Ayers, Boise; and Roberta and her husband Walt Lafevre, Monroe, Utah.
He was preceded in death by his parents.

     Memorial service will be held on Wednesday, Aug. 23, at 11 a.m. at St. 
Paul’s Episcopal Church with Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral Home in care of 
arrangements.

     Private cremation held at The Dalles Win-Quatt Crematory.

     Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association, 
1425 N.E. Irving #100, Portland, OR 97232-4201.


Additional Comments:
Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, 
Oregon, Dan Spatz, Editor (e-mail dated 3/7/2006).


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