Irma L. Noyes

November 9, 1933 - August 12, 2020

Irma Leona Noyes, 86, of W. Stewartstown, died peacefully on Wednesday afternoon, Aug 12, 2020, at the Coös County Nursing Hospital in West Stewartstown where she had resided for almost four years. She was surrounded by her daughter, Faye, and her loving CCNH family who will miss her quirky sense of humor and outgoing nature. She was born on Nov. 9, 1933, in Colebrook, the daughter of the late Donald and Grace (Masters) Rowan. She attended local schools, lived for a brief time in the Plattsburgh, NY, area and briefly in Wilson’s Mills, Me. The rest of her life was spent here in the north country that she loved. Irma worked for a time at Goldie Hurlbert’s nursing home in Stewartstown and also provided child care and home health care to others. Irma was married to Rollin Hodge and enjoyed being a farmer’s wife and raising her children at the farm in East Colebrook until he predeceased her in 1985. She later was married to Allen Noyes and they made their home in Lemington, Vt., where she enjoyed gardening and birdwatching. She and Allen enjoyed camping and sight-seeing together; and she always had a love and great talent for cooking. Also important to her were her furry friends, and Irma enjoyed many of them throughout her life, including cats, dogs, cows and a pony. She was baptized as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses on Nov. 8, 1986, and loved her spiritual family at the Colebrook Kingdom Hall, as well as others throughout the earth. Irma is survived by her son, Patrick Bennett of Stewartstown; daughters Lois Bonor of Colebrook, Faye Riley and Stacey (Don) Campbell of Columbia, and Jennifer Hodge of Colebrook; her sisters, Donna Forbes and Sandra (Bob) Ferrini of Colebrook; as well as numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her husbands Rollin Hodge and Allen Noyes, her daughter, Karen Parker in Feb., 2020, and her son, Danny Rowan, on Aug. 9, 2020. There are no public calling hours. A graveside service will be held on Wed., Aug. 19, 2020, at 11:30 a.m. in the Colebrook Village Cemetery. Expressions of sympathy in memory of Mrs. Noyes may be made to the Colebrook Kingdom Hall, 7 Carlton Hill Rd., Colebrook, NH 03576, for use in the worldwide Bible education work of Jehovah’s Witnesses, something that was dear to her heart; or to the CCNH Residents’ Activity Fund, c/o P.O. Box 10, W. Stewartstown, NH 03597. Condolences may be offered to the family on-line by going to www.jenkinsnewman.com. Funeral arrangements are entrusted to the care of Jenkins & Newman Funeral Home, Colebrook, NH.