Margaret N. Noyes

March 17, 1915 - May 9, 2015

WEST STEWARTSTOWN – Margaret N. Noyes, 100, of West Stewartstown, and formerly of Pittsburg and Groveton, passed away at the Coös County Nursing Hospital in West Stewartstown on Saturday afternoon, May 9, 2015, after a period of declining health and where she had been a resident since 2011. Margaret was born in Pittsburg, NH, on March 17, 1915, a daughter to the late Harry and Angie (Roby) Allen. It was prior to the U.S.’s entry into World War I and Woodrow Wilson was the president. Margaret attended schools in Pittsburg, East Colebrook and Beecher Falls, and later became a nurses’ aid. That career path took her to Lisbon, NH and the Park Ridge Nursing Home, Goldies Nursing Home, to UCVH and later to CCNH in West Stewartstown. After her retirement in 1999, Margaret moved to Groveton. Her hobbies included reading, knitting and sewing, and going out for long walks. She also enjoyed traveling to Connecticut to visit with her daughter and to go out shopping while there. Margaret is survived by her daughter, Myrna Kinne and husband George of East Hartford, Conn.; two sons, Russell Brooks and wife Marge of Port Charlotte, Fla., and Murray “Mike” Noyes of Virginia; six grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren. She is predeceased by her husband, Howard G. Noyes in 1981. There are no public calling hours. A graveside service and interment will be held on Wednesday, May 13, 2015, at 1 p.m. in the Pittsburg Hollow Cemetery in Pittsburg. Condolences may be offered to the family on-line by going to www.jenkinsnewman.com. Funeral arrangements in NH are under the direction of Jenkins & Newman Funeral Home in Colebrook.