----Source: TRIBUNE-RECORD-GLEANER (Loyal, Wis.) 11/20/2002

Noah, Joanne E. (17 Feb 1946 - 18 NOV 2002)

Joanne E. Noah, 56, formerly of Greenwood, Clark County, Wis., died on Monday, Nov. 18, 2002, at Rocky Knoll Health Care Facility, following a 30-year struggle with Multiple Sclerosis. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m., on Friday, Nov. 22, at the Greenwood American Legion Hall.

Joanne E. Franzmeier was born on Feb. 17, 1946, in St. Paul, Minn., to Alvin and Thelma (nee Turpen) Franzmeier. She graduated from high school in St. Paul. She married Elmer Noah on Nov. 27, 1965. They spent most of their married life in the Greenwood area. She was a member of the Immanuel United Church of Christ, Greenwood. In 1993, she moved to Plymouth to live with her daughter. She became a resident of Rocky Knoll Health Care Facility in 1998.

Survivors include two daughters, Michelle (Daniel) Holm, Port Washington, and Jodi (Ken) Kitzhaber, Greenwood; two sons, Jason Noah, Greenwood, and Brad Noah, Green Bay; four grandchildren; one sister, Elaine Schwanz, Lansing, Mich.; one brother, Alvin (Sylvia) Franzmeier, Spring, Texas; and many nieces, nephews and friends.