Sharon Cecilia Noel

On September 5, 2024, after a lengthy illness, my friend and wife for nearly ˝ century was taken home by Jesus.    Sharon Cecilia Noel was born in Bellflower, CA, on May 22, 1961 to Leo and Patricia Parker.  They lived in Anaheim, CA, later moved to Norwood, Colorado and then to Nevada MO.  She was a kindhearted, perceptive advocate for those in need and a fierce defender of God. 

     Sharon graduated from Nevada High School in the class of 1979.  While studying with her friend Pam Ellifrits, she met her future husband, Karl Noel and they were married on April 18, 1981.   She later graduated from Missouri Southern State College with a BS in Special Education degree and an Associate degree in Psychology.

    She taught for nearly 30 years in Cassville, Carthage, Carl Junction, Nevada, Bronaugh and St Mary’s School in Nevada. In between teaching jobs, she took off a couple of years, started a wonderful assistance organization with Keri Keckley called Angel Mommies, ran an assistance business called Errands from the Heart, sat on the Carl Junction City Council, worked 8 years for the Missouri Division of Family Services, Salvation Army and substitute taught. In her spare time, she loved craft shows, decorating, painting, and talking with family and friends.

     Sharon is survived by her husband Karl, of the home in Bronaugh, Mo; three sons, Bryant Noel (Amanda), Montgomery, AL, Chase Noel, San Antonio TX, and Evan Noel, Kansas City, MO and Bronaugh, MO; one sister, Linda Norris, Joplin, MO; her father- and mother-in-law, Norman and Rosemary Noel, Bronaugh, MO; and many nieces and nephews. She was proceeded in death by a sister, Nancy Parker; her father, Leo Parker; a brother, Leo (Butch) Parker, and her mother, Patricia Bomar.

    Funeral services for Sharon Noel will be held at 10:00a.m., Wednesday, September 11, 2024 at Ferry Funeral Home.  Interment will follow in Barton City Cemetery, Liberal, MO.   The family will receive friends from 5:00-6:00p.m. on Tuesday, September 10, 2024.   The family suggests memorial contributions to Children’s Haven, Joplin in care of Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada.

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