CEDAR COUNTY, NEBRASKA - OBITUARY OF ARNOLD NOECKER ==================================================================== NEGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the NEGenWeb Archives by Carol Tramp Permission granted by: Rob Dump, Editor, Cedar County News ====================================================================== THE CEDAR COUNTY NEWS - APR. 11, 2001 Arnold F. Noecker (PHOTO) CROFTON - Arnold F. Noecker, 80, died April 6, 2001, at Yankton Care Center, Yankton, S.D. Visitation was April 8 at the Wintz Funeral Home, Crofton. Mass of Christian Burial was at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church, Crofton, with Rev. Bob English officiating. Burial was in St. Rose of Lima Cemetery, Crofton, with military services conducted by the Crofton American Post #128. Pallbeareres were Francis Guenther, Cyril Mauch, Brett Boecker, Lyle Sawatzke, Dennis Merkel and Keith Merchen. Arnold was born Jan. 9, 1921, to Albert and Anna (Feldhacker) Noecker, in Crofton. He married Agnes Rothluebber May 5, 1942, in Fordyce. He grew up and lived in Crofton all of his life. He graduated from Crofton High School in 1940. He served in the United States Air Corp during World War II for four years and was stationed in Talara, Peru and the Panama Canal zone. He owned and operated the Noecker Garage in Crofton for 20 years and was also school bus superintendent for Crofton Public School for 13 years. He was a volunteer Crofton Fireman for 34 years, a member of the Crofton American Legion Post #128 and the Catholic Order of Foresters. Survivors include his wife, Agnes, Crofton; three daughters and their spouses, Marilynn Broker, Atlanta, Ca.; Ellen and Randy Thompson, Redding, Calif.; Nancy Ishmael, Redding, calif.; eight grandchildren; three great-granddaughters, a great-grandson; two sisters, Sister M. Luan OSF, Milwaukee, Wis.; and Melva DeGeere, Corpus Christi, Texas. He was preceded in death by his parents; two sosn, Loren and James Noecker; and infant twin sisters, Mary Anne and Anne Marie Noecker.