June M. (Ames) Noel 1923 -2014

NOEL, AMES, STEINWEHE, ORILEY, GRIFFITHS, BENEZRA

Posted By: j.n. (email)
Date: 11/26/2014 at 21:05:02

June M. Noel, 91, Woodstock, Ill., formerly of Dubuque, Iowa, passed away Friday, Nov. 14, 2014, at Valley Hi Nursing Home, Woodstock.
Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, Nov, 19 at the Egelhof, Siegert & Casper Westview Funeral Home and Crematory, 2659 JFK Road, with the Rev. John Sorenson officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Calvary Cemetery. Friends may call from 12:30- 2p.m., Wednesday at the Funeral Home.

She was born Aug. 22, 1923, in Dubuque, to Mary Ames and was raised in Potosi, Wis., where she attended elementary and high school. She attended the University of Dubuque for one year.

She married John “Jack” E. Noel July 11, 1942, in Dubuque. They lived in Texas for three years while he was in the service.

They moved back to Dubuque and were owners/operators of Noel's Tavern & Restaurant for 30 years until her husband retired in 1974.

They were members of Sacred Heart Church, Dubuque, and charter members of the North End Gun Club.

In 2000, she moved to Woodstock to be closer to her family. She lived at Valley Hi Nursing Home since February 2012.

She will be sadly missed by her family. Her grandchildren remember how she was always quick with a smile or a song and how she made each one of them feel special. She had a great sense of humor and loved to laugh and sing.

Survivors include five daughters, Marylee (Don) Steinwehe, Woodstock, Sara (Jim) O'Riley, Elgin, Ill., Kim (Eric) Griffiths, Golden, Colo., Kris (Alan) Benezra, Boulder, Colo., and Julie Noel, Decorah, Iowa; eight grandchildren, Emily (Greg Dixon) Steinwehe, Madison, Wis., John (Ashley Diedrich) Steinwehe, Crystal Lake, Ill., Megan (Mike) Brown, Tigard, Ore., Kevin O'Riley, Chicago, Tyler O'Riley, Elgin, Ill., Allison Griffiths, Westminster, Colo., Sam Benezra, New York City, and Hallie Benezra, New York City; a great-granddaughter, Eleanor June Brown, Tigard; a great-grandson, Wesley Brown, Tigard; cousins, Winnie Chandler, Hazel Green, Wis., and Jean Collis, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, and her husband in February 1979.

Memorials can be made in her name to Valley Hi Nursing & Rehabilitation, 2406 Hartland Road, Woodstock, IL 60098; or JourneyCare Hospice, 405 Lake Zurich Road, Barrington, IL 60010.
Her family greatly appreciates the special care she received at Valley Hi and the special attention from JourneyCare Hospice.