Richard Charles 'Dick' Nordine

PENSACOLA, Fla. - Richard Charles "Dick" Nordine was born Nov. 18, 1944, in Toledo, Ohio, and died Sept. 12, 2024, in Pensacola.

After graduating from Ewen High School in Ewen, Michigan, in 1962 and working summers at the Nordine Lumber Company in Kenton, Michigan, he obtained a master's degree in probability and statistics from Michigan State University. He taught math at MSU from 1970 to 1973 and was director of statistical applications at Nordhaus Associates Inc. in Farmington, Michigan, from 1973 to 1975. Beginning in 1975, he completed his career after many years as a market research scientist at R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company in Winston Salem, North Carolina, until his retirement.

Most of Dick Nordine's family passed before him, including his father, Clemens Nordine; his mother, Florence Wassberg Nordine; his sister, Ruth Chown; and his brothers, Joseph and John Nordine.

He is survived by his brother, Paul Nordine; wife, Justine Nordine; son, Nathan; many Nordine and Wassberg cousins; and Chown family nieces and nephews, Amy, Kevin and Karen Collier.

His funeral will be on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, at Anderson Funeral Home in Escanaba, Michigan. The family will receive visitors at 2:30 p.m. followed by a short service at 3:15 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be at Gardens of Rest cemetery in Escanaba, with military services by the United States Army Honor Guard and "Taps" played by Dick's brother-in-law, John Chown.

The Anderson Funeral Homes of Escanaba and Gladstone are assisting the Nordine family with the arrangements. Online condolences can be sent to the family at andersonfuneralhomes.net.