Anne A. (Hill) ELNESS NOE

NOE, ASBE, HILL, ELNESS, STOCKEL, LORD

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 1/3/2010 at 11:49:00

Anne Noe, 99, of Dubuque, Iowa, formerly of rural Jackson, died April 24, 2003, at Finley Hospital in Dubuque. Services were held Monday at Bethany Lutheran Church in rural Bergen [Minnesota] with Rev. Rachael Christianson officiating. Special music was provided by Carol Sandve, organist. Casketbearers were John Osier, Tom Osier, Douglas Elness, Chad Elness, Mitchell Elness and Ralph Elness. Interment was at Hauges Cemetery in rural Jackson County. Anderson-Schmidt-LaCanne Funeral Home of Windom [Minnesota] was in charge of the funeral arrangements.

Anne A. Hill was born Jan. 18, 1904, to Ben and Ida (Asbe) Hill in Kanawha, Iowa. She was baptized at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Kanawha and later confirmed at Bethany Lutheran Church in rural Bergen. She received her education in Jackson Public Schools and at Lutheran Seminary in Winona, graduating in 1922. In 1923, Anne married Emmett Elness in Jackson. Emmett died in 1931. In 1937, Anne married Ralph Noe in Iowa. The couple moved to Dubuque, Iowa, in 1945, then to Lake Wales, Fla., after Ralph retired in 1970. The couple also spent their summers in Bellevue, Iowa. Ralph died in 1982. Anne continued living in Lake Wales and Bellevue. While living in the Dubuque area, Anne was a member of the Eastern Star for 56 years and a Past Worthy Matron. She was also a member of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Dubuque and a member of the PTA. Anne was an avid reader and enjoyed sewing and politics.

In addition to her husbands, Emmett and Ralph, Anne was preceded in death by a son, Loren Elness, who was killed during the Korean War; a sister and brother-in-law, Selma (Orven) Elness; and four brothers, Hans, Ingman, Bert and Harris Hill. Survivors include her two daughters, Ihlene (Luvern) Stockel of Dubuque, Iowa; and Ruth Anne Lord of Carpentersville, Ill.; six grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.