The Rev. Raymond and Cleo Noah

The Rev. Raymond Eaton Noah and Cleo Patricia Noah

The Rev. Raymond Eaton Noah, 96, formerly of Hays, died August 24, 2015.  His wife, Cleo Patricia Noah, 96, formerly of Hays, died February 17, 2016.  Raymond was the son of Ray Orville and Lois Mae Noah.  He received a master’s of divinity from Asbury Theological Seminary after completing undergraduate study at Asbury College.  Cleo was the daughter of Lowell M. and Velma Ella Neal Noah.  She was born and raised in western Kansas near Haviland and was a graduate of Barclay College of Haviland, Kansas.  Raymond and Cleo were married December 27, 1941 and celebrated 73 years of marriage.  They resided in Wilmore, KY while Raymond finished his studies at Asbury College.  Raymond served as pastor and Cleo as a pastor’s wife on the Dodge City District of the Methodist Church and the Vallonia Circuit in Indiana.  They studied Portuguese language in Portugal and became missionaries of the Methodist Church in Angola and Zimbabwe,  Africa and Cascavel and Umuarama, Brazil.  Returning to the United States, Raymond and Cleo served as pastors of the United Methodist churches at Alexander, McCracken, Natoma, and Pleasant Plains, the Natoma Presbyterian Church, and the Luray Circuit.  Raymond authored two books on Christian apologetics and had several short stories published.  Raymond and Cleo retired in Hays where they lived until 2011.  In 2011, Raymond and Cleo moved to Lexington, Kentucky to be closer to their children.  They became members of the Trinity Hills United Methodist Church of Lexington.

Survivors include four sons; Melvin Ray Noah and wife Fran of Wilmore, KY, Jerry Lynn Noah and wife Janice of Kenova, WV, Michael Gene Noah and wife Rebecca of Eugene, OR, and Richard Dale Noah and wife Jennette of Palm Bay, FL, ten grandchildren and thirteen great grandchildren. 

Memorial services will be at 10:00 am on Saturday, June 11, 2016 at the First United Methodist Church, 305 W. 7th Street, Hays.  Inurnment will follow in the Mount Hope Cemetery in Ellis, Kansas.  The family will receive friends from 9:00 am until service time at the church.  Memorials are suggested to the First United Methodist Church designated for missions, in care of the Hays Memorial Chapel Funeral Home, 1906 Pine Street, Hays, KS 67601.  Condolences may be left for the family at www.haysmemorial.com