Lois Trotter Noel (1915-2007)

NOEL, CLARK, TROTTER, OLSON, WILSON, GRABAU, GOMEZ, JENNINGS, SMITHHART

Posted By: Tri-County Times
Date: 5/3/2007 at 17:38:32

TRI COUNTY TIMES, Story County, Iowa, Thursday, May 3, 2007.

Lois Trotter Noel, 91, a long time Iowan passed away April 23, 2007 after a lengthy illness of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. She was at home in Anthem, Arizona, where she had resided since 2004 with her daughter and son-in-law. Services were held in Des Moines on Saturday, April 28.

Lois was born May 18, 1915 in Slater to Bert & Alma Clark. She graduated from Ankeny High. Shortly thereafter she moved to Des Moines, where she met and later married Henry [Pete] Trotter who passed away in 1964. Later, she married Larry Noel, who passed away in 1983. She was a devout member of the United Methodist Church. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, East Gate Lodge in Des Moines, where she went through the chairs, serving as Worthy Matron in 1983. She adopted the Arizona Diamondbacks as her favorite baseball team, watching nearly all their games. She was active in the Red Hat Society, being a member [Exalted Mother] of the Red Hatters of Anthem [Desert Ditzy Dames].

Lois is survived by: children; Marilyn Trotter Olson [James] of Anthem, AZ; Ronald D Trotter [Carol] of Des Moines, IA; and step-children: Joy Wilson [Robert], Jerry Grabau [Marshall], Gay Gomez [Robert], all of Des Moines; and Harry Noel of Deerfield Beach, FL. Also surviving are 57 grand-children, great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren along with many nieces and nephews.

Lois was predeceased by husbands Henry L. Trotter and Larry R. Noel; parents: Bert and Alma Clark of Slater; sisters: Laurine Jennings and Edith Smithhart Salvaggio: and brothers: Floyd Clark and Emmett Clark.

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