Obituary: Mary L. Noyes

February 11, 1933 – June 19, 2021

Mary L. Noyes. Courtesy photo.

MORETOWN, VT – Mary L. Noyes, 88, passed away in the early morning on Saturday, June 19, 2021, at Central Vermont Hospital in Berlin. Born in Jonesville, Vermont, on February 11, 1933, she was the youngest of the six children of the late Walter and Agnes (Pecor) Kenyon. On March 6, 1954, Mary married Warren A. Noyes in Waitsfield. Warren predeceased Mary on May 13, 2019.

Mary was a 1951 graduate of Waitsfield High School. As a young woman she worked for New England Telephone Company first in Albany, N.Y., and then in Burlington. While working and living in Burlington she met and later married Warren. After their marriage, they settled in Moretown and over the next several years, Mary was busy and happy raising her family. She also worked at the Boudreau Nursing Home in Moretown while raising her four children.  

She and Warren founded Noyes and Noyes Construction, building homes and developing properties in Central Vermont, and? the Noyes and Noyes Building Supply Company. In addition, she and Warren were proud to help their sons establish their own building supply companies. Mary was a member of the Queen Esther Chapter 7 Order of the Eastern Star of Waterbury.

Mary enjoyed flower gardening and spending winters in Plant City, Florida, with Warren.  Her greatest joy was her family. She is fondly remembered as a devoted and loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.

Mary is loved and mourned by her family: Her children Susan Nadeau and husband Paul of Moretown; Gale Badeau and husband Edgar of Waterbury Center;  W. Dan Noyes and wife Lola of Moretown; Steven Noyes and wife Janet of Moretown; 13 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren; a sister, Dorothy Wimble of Albany, N.Y., as well as extended family. Mary was predeceased by two brothers, Howard Kenyon and Stanley Kenyon; two sisters, Shirley Fosters and Verna Mae Heath.

Funeral services will be held from the Wesley United Methodist Church in Waterbury on Friday, June 25, 2021 at 2 p.m. There will be a reception immediately following at the Waterbury Senior Center. Friends may call at the Perkins-Parker Funeral Home in Waterbury on Thursday, 6-8 p.m. Entombment will take place in Graves Cemetery in North Duxbury.   

For those who wish, memorial gifts would be appreciated to be sent to the Waterbury Area Senior Center, 14 Stowe Street, Waterbury, VT  05676. To send online condolences please visit online at  perkinsparker.com.