Donald Noonan Obituary

Donald J. Noonan, 88, died peacefully Sunday, April 2, 2006, at his home, Kirkside of Roxbury.
He was born Dec. 28, 1917, to Thomas Hazard Noonan and Eleanor (L'Hommedieu) Noonan in Buffalo.
He graduated from Lafayette High School in Buffalo in June 1936 and from Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vt., in June 1940. While there, he was a member of the Delta Epsilon Fraternity, the manager of the college baseball team, and the co author of the 1939 Winter Carnival play.
He worked at Bell Aircraft in Buffalo until joining the United States Army Air Corps in 1944. As a navigator, he served in Europe with the troop carrier command and in the Caribbean with the Air Transport Command. He returned to the Buffalo area where he worked in industry.
Donald married Muriel Reidpath (Sullivan) on April 4, 1942, in Buffalo. They settled on South Lake Street in Hamburg, where they raised four daughters and seven foster children.
He was active in the Boy Scouts of America and the Campfire Girls. He belonged to the Masonic Lodge and the Hamburg Presby-terian Church.
He enjoyed camping, skiing, woodworking, bridge and other card games. He and Muriel played bridge with a special group of friends for more than 50 years.
Donald was predeceased by Muriel, his wife of 62 years.
He is survived by his brother and sister in law, Thomas and Ruth Noonan of Oakridge, Tenn.; his brothers in-law, Richard and Theodore Sullivan of Buffalo; his daughters, Judy (Richard) Was, Patricia (Ronald) Cumming, Barbara (Terry) Riley, and Donna (Robert) Allen, and foster son, Hiram (Lisa) Marin. He is also sur-vived by his grandchildren, Aimee Vroman and fiance Randy Rathka, Rachel (Rob) Oesch, Toni Cumming and husband Bryan Ludwig, Jess Popp, Stacy (Byrne) Remphrey, Christopher Allen, Benjamin Popp, Tim Riley and Abby Shubert; his great grandchildren, Joseph and Nicole Vroman, Kaitlyn Cum-ming, Kelly Ludwig, Riley Oesch, Tyler Remphrey, Ashley Grogen, Emily and Zachary Rathka; and many nieces and nephews.
Donations may be made in Donald's name to Kirkside of Rox-bury, 53865 State Highway 30, Roxbury, NY 12474 or the Boy Scouts of America.
A memorial service will be held at Kirkside of Roxbury, at 3 p.m. Wednesday, April 5, 2006.
A memorial service will be held at the Hamburg Presbyterian Church on Saturday, May 20, 2006.
Funeral arrangements are by the Miller Funeral Home, Rox-bury.