Marilyn Davies Noyes Mother: Linda and Debbie Brust and Tommy Noyes, Jr. Grandmother: Michael & Frank Gaitan, Tiffany, Chad, & Wesley Roberts, Heather Keenan Wolfe & Perry Keenan Great Grandmother: Paiten, Mitchell, & Clara Grace Wolfe, and Madison & Liam Keenan, & Jasper Honzik
My Story... Marilyn
Grandpa Russel Joseph Davies J. Russell Davies
Marion Baltrus / Davies / Pantle Marion Baltrus - Davies
I was born at 9 pm on a Saturday night during a frigid snowstorm on February 20, 1932 at the Taylor Hospital,Taylor,PA during the Depression. Dr. Steven Watson, my uncle, was the head of the hospital, so we went there, even though we lived in Scranton, PA. My father, J. Russell Davies, was a handsome, muscular man who worked as a mail carrier for 35-40 yrs. My mother, a beautiful blonde, was a stay- at-home Mom. Dad was Protestant, so he insisted that I be baptized Baptist
when she put me to bed and later
“Good Night Shirt.” -
When my Mother and Dad separated, we moved to Grandma’s house. I was baptized again, Catholic this time and I was enrolled in parochial school at St. Joseph’s Lithuanian school. My parents were born in the USA, but my Mother’s parents were born in Lithuania, so I learned Lithuanian. Dad’s parents were born here and his grandparents were born in Wales. I was very good in school and was always on the honor roll and only got in trouble with the nuns when I would turn around when the boys pulled my long curls, which happened a lot. My punishment was to kneel down in front of the Blessed Virgin for a time. I never told why I kept turning around.
I have memories that stood out in my mind from that time....
When I was in fourth grade, my teacher was Sister
My mother sang “Good night Sweetheart” every night
When I was in fourth grade, my teacher was Sister Prudencia. She loved me and I loved her. I was her pet. The school consisted of eight grades and they were having a play which would be held at North Scranton Jr. High School stage. I was chosen as the lead. The play was “The Princess Who Never Smiled.” I had to sit on a gold throne and each of the eight grades would have to perform in front of me trying to make me smile or laugh. It is an old European Bedtime story. My parents were there together and I remember how happy I was and could not smile. All through grade school, I had a crush on a boy named Marty - he would give me a Valentine and I would quickly tear it up so no one would know. I am quite a private person. I always had lots of friends, male and female, and was never bullied in any way - just curl pulling . One of my regrets is that I have no brothers or sisters. I feel cheated. This is probably why I love and keep my friends. I remember sitting on my daddy’s lap to listen to “Jack Armstrong” The All American Boy. Also Inner Sanctum and other scary radio shoes including The Shadow. I remember Franklin D Roosevelt told the radio listeners, “There is no fear but fear itself,” when WWII was going on. I remember having to hide under my desk at school to practice for air raids to come during the war. I remember collecting tin cans and taking off tops and bottoms and flattening them for the war effort. I also always had a victory garden. I love to grow things.
Welcome Everyone! I AM STILL HERE with all of you - in love and spirit. So, let me take this liberty to share my last words of wisdom and advice (at which I have always been pretty good) that you will keep close to your heart as the years go on! Have no regrets and keep family close. My greatest regrets were that I never learned to swim or ride a bicycle, or play piano. Not devastating, but always wanted to master these. I never had a brother or sister so it was my mission to have more than one child so they would have lifelong friends, not be lonely, or feel separated. SUCCESS! Having three children, I leave this earthly world with a family and extended family of over 30+! Great odds if you ask me being an only child. A recent realization was that I had great odds! 90 to 1! 90 great years and one, well shall I say, not so great. But my life long wish came true! My Life’s Prayer for my family - I prayed and wished for my entire family that they be close, pray, and share special moments together.... never separated. I have said many times that when this accomplishment was successful, I would be ready to go. So, I go now in good hands for the swim and ride of my life - with my Savior in Heaven. Remember the one thing my father taught me that I pass on to you: Your are only as good as your Word! Your Word is Your Bond!
Remember me right here at 85!
Love you all! Mom, Grandma, Gram, Great Grandma, Grandma Marilyn, and whatever my family named me, I will take any name!
Memorial Mass with Communion / Assumption Chapel 7/18/2023 at 11 am
The souls of the just are in the hand of God and no torment shall touch them They seemed, in the view of the foolish, to be dead; and their passing away was thought an affliction and their going forth from us, utter destruction A reading from the Book of Wisdom 3: 1-6,9 by Michael Gaitan, Grandson of Marilyn Noyes
A reading from the the second Letter of Saint Paul to the Corinthians 4: 14-5:1 by Frank Gaitan, Grandson of Marilyn Noyes
Brothers and sisters: We know that the One who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and place us with you in his presence. Everything indeed is for you, so that the grace bestowed in abundance on more and more people may cause the thanksgiving to overflow for the glory of God. Therefore, we are not discouraged; rather, although our outer self is wasting away our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this momentary light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to what
But they are in peace.
For if in the eyes of men, indeed, they be punished, yet is their hope full of immortality; Chastised a little, they shall be greatly blessed because God tried them and found them worthy of himself. As gold in the furnace, he proved them and as sacrificial offerings he took them to himself.
is seen but to what is unseen; for what is seen is transitory, but what is unseen is eternal.
Those who trust in him shall understand truth , and the faithful shall abide with him in love:
For we know that if our earthly dwelling, a tent, should be destroyed, we have a bulding from God, a dwelling not made with hands, eternal in heaven.
Because grace and mercy are with his holy ones, and his care is with his elect.
The word of the Lord.
The word of the Lord.
Universal Prayers – Memorial Mass for Marilyn Ann Davies Noyes Read by Heather K Wolfe, Grandaughter
Brothers and sisters, Jesus Christ is risen from the dead and sits at the right hand of the Father, where he intercedes for his Church. Confident that God hears the voices of those who trust in the Lord Jesus, we join our prayers to his: For Marilyn, God’s beloved daughter and heiress to the kingdom, that she be held securely in God’s loving embrace now and for all eternity. We pray to the Lord R. Lord, hear our prayers In baptism Marilyn received the light of Christ. Merciful God, scatter the darkness now and lead Marilyn over the waters of death into your eternal life. We pray to the Lord R. Lord, hear our payers
For the family and friends of our sister Marilyn, that they may be consoled in their grief by the Lord, who wept at the death of his friend Lazarus. We pray to the Lord. R. Lord, hear our prayer That one day we may all share in the banquet of the Lord, praising God for victory over death. We pray to the Lord R. Lord, hear our prayer Lord God, You entrusted Marilyn to our care and now you embrace her in your love. Take Marilyn into your keeping, Comfort us, your sorrowing servants, who seek to do your will and to know your saving peace. We ask this through Christ our Lord. R. Amen
Eulogy for Marilyn Ann Davies Noyes Debbie Keenan, Daughter
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What is Character? Character is to a man what the flywheel is to the engine. By the force of its momentum, it carries him through times of temptations and trials and exerts a guiding and controlling influence over his life. It is this force that makes an individual “do the right thing” even though “no one will know.” When a person has lost Character, he has lost everything! If he possesses nothing else but Character, he can still be of service to himself, his friends, neighbors, to society, to his God, and to the rest of the world. There is a difference between Character and Reputation. Character is what a man is. Reputation is what others think he is. Character is within; Reputation is without. Character is always real! Reputation can be false! It is important to distinguish between the two. Character is the thing that counts most; yet most people are more concerned with reputation and what others think of them. It is important, above everything else, that we be right and do right, whether our motives and actions are properly understood and appreciated or not. An absolute consecration and devotion of self to all that is better, purer and truer, is the secret of Character building. By a consuming zeal for all that is noble and excellent, we grow in Character. Material riches may get a man into what is known as “high society,” but to be esteemed by his fellowman, one needs to possess the qualities of heart and soul; otherwise he is money rich and noting more. Many a man who is called rich here will find that all his millions will not buy him a seat in the land where Character - not Gold - is legal tender!
Toastmasters 1983 Speaker’s Trophy - by Marilyn D. Noyes
“Good Night Shirt”
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