Harold “Skee” Cameron Noel (99) passed away at his home in Solomons, MD on Sunday evening January 24. Skee, born in Revere, MA, was a long time resident of Wakefield, MA before moving to Asbury-Solomons in 1999. He was widowed from the late Alice Marie Noel, his wife of 64 years, in 2007. Skee is a WWII veteran, who served as a navigator on a B-24 with the 15th AAF, 464th bomb group, 777th squadron flying several missions out of Africa and Southern Italy, is a Purple Heart recipient, and was a POW at Stalag Luft III in Sagan, the prison camp which achieved notoriety in the movie “The Great Escape”. Following the war, Skee had a long successful career as a painting contractor helping to manage E. J. Noel & Sons, Inc., the company started by his father. The company did commercial painting jobs in the Boston area and neighboring states and at times employed up to 200 employees. Skee enjoyed wintering in Naples, FL and spending much time during the summers as an avid yachtsman on his boat based at Pier 7 in Gloucester, MA. Prior to the onset of visual problems in his later years, Skee’s hobby […]
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