Lois was born in May 26, 1933, in Boston, Massachusetts, the daughter of Earl Rider and Virginia Hahn Freeman. She is a graduate of Everett High School, Everett, Massachusetts, attended Framingham State College briefly before transferring to the former Nasson College in Sanford, earning her degree in Home Economics, and beginning her lifelong love of the southern Maine area.
In her youth, she worked for five years at Geneva Point Camp in Moultonborough, New Hampshire during the summers, where she made many lifelong friends that have lasted until today.
Marrying the love of her life, Howard Noyes, together they raised their family in Kennebunkport, where she made their loving home on Wildes District Road. Once her family was old enough, she joined her brother, Dr. Earl (Bud) Freeman’s practice, where she spent 20 years managing his office in Kennebunk.
A member of South Congregational Church, she added to the church community in many ways, including her love of singing in the choir. Lois was also a member of Sweet Adeline’s’ Yankee Belles, Rainbow, Nasson College Alumni, and was a Mayflower descendent. Lois loved to sew and braid rugs, and especially enjoyed spending time with her family, spoiling her grandchildren at any opportunity she could.
Survivors include: her husband, Howard (Howie) Noyes of Kennebunk; two sons, Daniel Noyes and his wife, Carol of Allenstown, New Hampshire, and Jonathan Noyes and his wife Monica, of Kennebunkport; a daughter, Rebecca Gilbert of Kennebunk; grandchildren, Joshua and Abigail Noyes, Rkiya and Ryder Noyes, and Nathan and Corey Gilbert; a great-granddaughter Vaughn; a brother, Dr. Earl (Bud) Freeman and his wife, Deborah of Kennebunk; a sister, Nancy F. Downing and her husband, John of Kennebunk; and many nieces and nephews.
Visiting hours will be held 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, May 25, 2018, at Bibber Memorial Chapel 67 Summer St., Kennebunk. A celebration of Lois’s life will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, May 26, 2018, at the funeral home, with Reverend Charles Whiston officiating.
The family is extremely thankful to the staffs of Home Instead, Amedysis Home Health Care, and Beacon Hospice for the care they gave, as they allowed Lois to be able to stay in her home during her final days.
Should friends desire, memorial donations may be made to the Nasson College Alumni, P.O. Box 416, Springvale, ME 04083.
To share a memory or leave a message of condolence, please visit Lois’s Book of Memories page at www.bibberfuneral.com.
Arrangements are in care of Bibber Memorial Chapel, 67 Summer St., Kennebunk, ME 04043, www.bibberfuneral.com.
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