A. E. Noyce Was An Expert Farmer And A Fine Citizen

Funeral services were conducted for A. E. Noyce on Sunday Afternoon, December 31, at the Congregational church. Rev. R. A. Dodd was in charge. Pall bearers induced three of Mr. Noyce s nephews, Robert Noyce, Russell Ohman and Harry Barthelman, and Steve Bartyzel, Wallace Boettler and George Van Dorn.

Beatrice and Maxine Ohman, his grand nieces, sang "Sweet Bye and Bye", his favorite hymn. Other songs were "No Disappointment in Heaven" and "Jesus Lover of My Soul", sung by Beatrice and Maxine Ohman, Rachel Wood and Muriel Bowen. Rachel Wood and Grace Elgin were pianists. There were many lovely floral tributes to his memory. Internment was in the Steamboat Springs cemetery. A. W. Heyer was funeral director.

Mr. Noyce had selected the pallbearers himself and he had requested that the funeral service last only 45 minutes.

Albert E. Noyce is survived by his wife, Mary F. Noyce; three sons, Charles of Ranger, N. Dakota; Arthur and George of Redig, So. Dak; three daughters, Mrs. Otto Neumann of Steamboat Springs, Mrs. Mabel Kuhl and Mrs. Ruby Kidd, both of Redig, S. Dak.; four brothers, Frederick of Omaha, Neb., Thomas of Crete, Neb., and Henry and Alfred of Steamboat Springs. There are thirteen grand children.

The children who live elsewhere had all been in Steamboat to see their father within the past year. His daughter, Mabel Kuhl, had been with him only two weeks before his death.

Albert E . Noyce was born March 4, 1865, at Omaha, Neb. He died December 28, 1939, at the hospital in Steamboat Springs.

He was united in marriage to Miss Mary F. Barthelman, November 26, 1891. Four of their children preceded him in death.

He began farming for himself at the age of 25 years. In 1910 he and his wife went to South Dakota and took up a homestead at Redig. The family spent 26 years on the homestead during which time Mr. Noyce was active in carrying on Sunday school work. Among the earliest recollections the children have of their father is that of teacher in the littie Sunday school where church services were carried on and later a church building erected.

The home in South Dakota was given up when Mr. Noyce's health began to fail and he and his faithful wife and companion came to Steamboat Springs in 1936. His health continued to fail and he patiently endured pain until the time of his death.

Tho handicapped by a partially useless side caused by a stroke of paralysis, A. E. Noyce kept busy ; with his one good hand. He made picturesque canes, or sticks he called them, from many different kinds of wood. The natural twist, oddity or knots were left on each stick. The wood was smoothed and polished to a fine finish. Before the varnish was put on Mr. Noyce printed in ink the name cf the wood and the date the cane was made. He also made unique scrap books of current events and pictures from magazines and newspapers, one for each of his grandchildren. There are many clippings in the books from the Pilot.

Mr. Noyce was an exhibitor at the county fairs, always having many fine grasses and grains which he carefully mounted and labeled, also many vegetables. He had been active in preparing and exhibiting produce at fairs for 35 years and had been awarded many prizes and ribbons each year. His entries in the Routt county fairs have been among the finest on display.

Mr. Noyce had inherited from his father an old nickel-plated .44 revolver that had been in use in the early days when wagon trains crossed the plains with ox teams coming west. He requested that his grandson, Alva Donald Neumann, have this gun and that it be handed down to future generations in the family. Alva Donald is also to have 14 of the unique canes that were made by his grandfather. The others are to be distributed in the family.

(Published in The Steamboat Pilot (Steamboat Springs, CO), Thursday, January 4, 1940.)