Mona Corinne Noyes

Mona Noyes of Winnipeg passed away peacefully at the Saul and Clarabelle Simkin Centre on June 28 2024 with her son at her side. Beloved mother of Ross, Heather (John), Colleen (Kim) and Guy (deceased). Stepmother to Lorna Watson and Bob Noyes (deceased). Much loved grandmother of Sean, Mackenzie and Brooklyn. Step-grandmother to Dawn, Debbie and Jeff Noyes and Bob Watson.

Predeceased by husbands John Joseph MacDonald (1962) and Robert Ford Noyes (1997), brother Jack Carter and sister-in-law Jenny Carter, her mother Cora and father Harry Carter.

Fondly remembered by her brother Edward Carter, her nieces and nephews and many friends and co-workers.

Mona was born in The Pas, Manitoba .She spent her childhood and grew up “up north" in Pikwitonei, Manitoba before snowmobiles, electricity, and running water were available and enjoyed snowshoeing, skiing, and pioneer life in Canada's North Country. She spent her childhood in an era when the only travel “up north” was by dogsled and train.

Mona attended high school at Kelvin High School and trained as a secretary and worked at the Canadian National Railways in Winnipeg for 10 years until her first marriage. In 1965, as a widow, she married Bob Noyes Sr. Following the raising of her four children, she returned to the workforce and worked at Great West Life until her retirement in 1990.

Mona was an avid walker and swimmer and enjoyed many happy summers at Caddy Lake. She enjoyed a party and a good laugh and was very proud of her grandchildren. Mona liked to travel and went to Britain, Europe, Australia, the U.S. and across Canada and cruised the Caribbean and the Inside Strait to Alaska. Mona was intelligent and gregarious, easily striking up a friendly conversation with others whether it be on a train, ship or an elevator.

Mona kept many lifelong friends from the North, Norwood, and St.Vital and was always up for a trip to the zoo, a parade or an ice cream.

A Memorial Service will be held on Saturday July 6, 2024 at Thomson “In the Park” Funeral Home, 1291 McGillivray Blvd., at 10:00 am.

Donations in Mona’s name may be made to Siloam Mission, 300 Princess Street, Winnipeg, MB, R3B 1M3.

The family would like to send a special thank you to the staff at Simkin Centre for the years of care and compassion that Mona received there.

I’m Free

Don’t grieve for me for now I’m free

I’m following the path God laid for me.

I took His hand when I heard Him call

I turned my back and left you all.

I could not stay another day

To laugh and love, to work or play.

Tasks left undone must stay that way.

If my parting has left a void

Fill it with some remembered joy

A friendship shared, a laugh, a hug,

time at the lake, the moon, the stars.

Be not burdened with times of sorrow,

I wish you the sunshine of tomorrow.

My life’s been full, I savoured much

My children, good friends, a loved one’s touch.

Perhaps my time seemed all too brief,

Don’t lengthen it now with undue grief.

Lift up your hearts and share with me,

God wanted me now. He set me free.

Author Unknown