Wilma Noyes 91 of Wessington Springs died Friday evening December 4, 2009 at the Aurora-Brule Nursing Home. Funeral services were held Monday, December 7, 2009 at the United Methodist Church with Pastor Jan Price officiating. Interment wasin the Prospect Hill Cemetery.
Wilma May Miller was born on May 7, 1918 on the family farm three miles northwest of Lane, SD to Lloyd and Blanche (May) Miller. Wilma was baptized in the Lane Methodist Church as an infant and again on August 26, 1934 when she became a church member.
Wilma attended grades and high school at the Lane Consolidated School, graduating with the class of 1936. She had a perfect attendance from the 6th grade through high school.
Wilma was united in marriage to Clee J Noyes of White Lake on August 20, 1940 at the Lane Methodist Church. The couple lived on the Noyes family farm north of White Lake until moving to several farms near Lane, later buying and moving into a house in Lane. She and Clee drove the school bus and Wilma became the Lane Postmaster. After retiring she enjoyed traveling and spending time with family and friends. She moved to the Warner Apartments in Wessington Springs in 1994 and resided there until she became a resident of the Aurora-Brule Nursing Facility in March of 2008.
Wilma was a member of the Busy Bees Extension Club, United Methodist Women, and the Lane/Wessington Springs United Methodist Church. She served the Lane Alumni Association for many years and also the Patton School Alumni. She was, honored to be, chosen Parade Marshall for the Lane Centennial in 2003.
She always enjoyed visiting with people and having coffee guests. Wilma cherished her friends and was especially grateful for Barb Schuettpelz, her neighbor in the apartments building and to Margaret Mohnen, her roommate in the nursing home.
Wilma is survived by her two sons, John and Dianne Noyes of Pierre, SD and Jim and Sue Noyes of Black Hawk, SD, five grandsons Darin and his wife Heather Noyes of Lyons, SD, Ryan and his wife Ann Noyes of Pierre, Jason Noyes of Sioux Falls, Jeff and his wife Willow Noyes of Huron and Jeremy and his wife Julie Noyes of Piedmont, SD and six great-grandchildren.
Wilma was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Clee on April 11, 1970, one sister Olive Mrs. Jens Nielson and seven brothers Earl, Charles, Lee, Glen, Claude, Ivan, and Milo Miller.
on Mar 17th, 2012 at 8:18 pm
My grandparents, Charles and Winifred Miller of Lane, were good friends of the Noyes. My Dad, Ken Miller and his brother George Miller were also friends of the Noyes. My niece Willow, married Wilma’s grandson, Jeff Noyes. The Noyes were originally from the same county in Iowa, Shelby County, that the Barbers were from. My Grandpa, Charles, helped the Noyes take their property from the train in Lane to their place on Thanksgiving Day when they moved to Jerauld County. They had not known each other in Shelby Co Iowa. Charles J Miller was the only one of a large family of Millers near Harlan Iowa to move to Dakota. But most of the large family of Barbers made that move.