Doris J. Noecker
Doris Noecker
BOW VALLEY — Doris J. Noecker, 93, died peacefully on March 23, 2024 while surrounded by family at her home in Bow Valley. Mass of Christian Burial will be April 2, at 10:30 a.m., at Sts. Peter and Paul Church, Bow Valley, with the Rev. James Keiter officiating. You may also watch a livestream of the funeral at www. facebook.com/WintzRay/live Burial will be at Sts. Peter and Paul Cemetery, Bow Valley. Pallbearers will be Zeke Snyder, Brett Noecker, Dani Thoene, Joe Noecker, Nick Anderson, Jake Creekmore, Kelsey Woolverton, Anson Noecker, Noah Noecker and Wes Noecker. Honorary pallbearers are the grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be April 1, at church, from 5 - 8 p.m, with a Vigil service at 7 p.m. Visitation will continue Tuesday, one hour prior to services.
Arrangements are under the direction of the Wintz Funeral Home, Hartington.
Doris was born Feb. 8, 1931, to Leonard and Mary (Schwartz) Haberman, rural Hartington. Doris grew up near Fordyce. She attended Cedar County schools, including the Rose Hill School and Fordyce High School. After two years, she transferred to Holy Trinity High School and graduated in 1949.
Doris married Jerome Noecker Aug. 21, 1951, at Holy Trinity Church, Hartington. Together, they built a family farm near Bow Valley. Being a mother of 12 children was not only her calling but her greatest passion.You would often find her teaching her children to garden, can fruits and vegetables, play cards, games and put together jigsaw puzzles, dance, sew and quilt, to name just a few. She canned many vegetables and never let anything go to waste. As busy as she was, she found time to make a quilt for all of her children, grandchildren, greatgrandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. She also loved to make scrapbooks and fill them with the most interesting things she would find from magazines. She inspired her family to be adventurous, imaginative and to always appreciate extended family.
She and Jerome belonged to a card club for many years, went to many dances, and loved to bowl. Throughout their married life, Doris and Jerome loved to travel together and had many adventures along the way. In 1996, Doris and Jerome moved off the family farm into Bow Valley, where she continued to influence all the lives around her.
Doris was a faithful member of Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, providing for all her children to have a Catholic education, participating in Christian Mothers and the Bow Valley Rosary Club. From the beginning until she passed, she inspired all her family to trust God, and that unwavering faith carried her over the peaks and through the valleys of her life. She trusted in God’s will, often saying to anyone who was struggling, “Put it in God’s Hands.”
Doris is survived by ten children and their spouses, Rick and Kathy Noecker, Hartington; Karen and Danni Thoene, Bow Valley; Bill and Laura Noecker, Hartington; Diane Bruning, Cloquet, Minn.; Darlene Flores, Hereford, Texas; Lou Ann and Roy Creekmore, Hartington; Jeani and Steve Guenther , Papillion; Mark and Leah Noecker, Hartington; Steve and Karen Noecker , Bow Valley; Randy and Donna Noecker, Bow Valley; 43 grandchildren, 55 great-grandchildren, two great-great-grandchildren; sister, Midge Zimmer, Hartington; and sister-in-law, Ann Haberman, Littleton, Colo.; and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Jerome; her parents; daughter and son-in-law, Connie and Russ Snyder; son, James Noecker; son-in-law, John Flores; granddaughter, Priscilla Flores; grandson, Johnny Creekmore; greatgrandson, Damien Thoene; grandson-in-law, Mike Woolverton; three brothers, Jerry, Dennis and Ron Haberman; and sister, Jean Mulenberg.
Memorials may be directed to the St. Peter and Paul Building Restoration Fund.