February 9, 1922 – April 5, 2012. The family of Linda Cole of Victoria are saddened to announce the passing of our mother. She was the last living child of John C. (1976) and Katie (Yetman – 1940) Noel of Harbour Grace. Predeceased by her life time love, husband Arthur Cole (1959) at USAF Base, Goose Bay; brothers Ronald in childhood, William “Bill” Noel and wife Mary (Payne); sister Gladys and husband Gerald Pike; stepmother Hilda (Welsh). Left to give thanks for our mother’s love and dedication are her children: Ronald and wife Bonnie, their children Laura, Linda and Sarah; Frederick and wife Wanda, their children Stephen and Paula; Diana and husband Lloyd Hobbs, their child Rebecca; Edward and his children Joanna and Christian: and her great grandchildren, who were her pride, Sarah, Nathan, Beatrix, Elias, and Dory. Survived by her in-laws Elizabeth “Betty” Cole and husband Alexander “Sandy” Carter, Sue (Belbin) Cole and Christine (Penney) Cole; special niece Joan Noel, as well as other nieces and nephews and extended family members. Rev. Dr. Hugh Fudge conducted the funeral service on Saturday, April 7 at St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Harbour Grace. Cremation followed. Inurnment on Monday, April 9 at 3:00 p.m. in Bethel Pentecostal Cemetery, Victoria. As an expression of sympathy, donations in her memory may be made to the St. Paul’s Anglican Restoration Fund, Harbour Grace or the Bethel Pentecostal Cemetery Fund, Victoria. Funeral arrangements entrusted to the care of Noel’s Funeral Home, Harbour Grace. For additional information please call 596-5750 or visit www.noelsfuneralhome.com to sign the memorial guest book.
“We cannot think of them as dead who walk with us no more.”
-Frederick L. Hosmer, 1882-