Thelma Lenore Martin

Thelma “Lenore” Martin passed away peacefully on April 2, 2015 in Kamloops, BC. She was predeceased by her sister Sherry in 1955, brother Danny in 2015, father Bernard Carleton in 1982 and mother Thelma Carleton in 2000.

Left to cherish her memory her brother Cleve Carleton (Jane), sister Heather Nelson (Allen), numerous nieces, nephews, one great niece as well as many friends and other relatives.

Lenore was born in Trail on January 25, 1944, the family eventually settled in Kamloops where she finished her schooling in Stuart Wood Elementary, John Peterson Secondary School and Kamloops High School.

Lenore had a successful 30 year career with Service Corporation International starting as a clerk at Forest Lawn Memorial in Vancouver in her late teens, working her way to becoming the General Manager. She moved back to Kamloops in 1999 and during her retirement loved to house sit for people who had animals (especially dogs).

A service will be held on Saturday, April 11 at 11:00 a.m. in the Schoening Funeral Chapel.

Should friends desire, donations may be made to the SPCA or the Salvation Army.