Susan J. Noakes
Susan J. Noakes
Susan J. Noakes
1947-2025
Susan J. Noakes, 78, Hopkins, Missouri, went to her heavenly rest on June 8, 2025, at Oak Pointe in Maryville, Missouri.
Born on February 3, 1947, in Lafayette, Indiana, to W. Leroy and Elouise Francis (Lawson) Stokes. They preceded her in death.
She grew up in Indiana and graduated from high school in Lebanon, Indiana. She received her BS degree in Nursing from Indiana University School then her MSN at St. Louis University School of Nursing, later her Master of Divinity at St. Paul’s School of Theology.
After marrying, Susan moved to Mountain Home, Idaho, later to O’Fallon, Missouri, then to St. Charles. She moved to Hopkins in 1995.
Susan proudly served her country in the US Army Nurses Corp.
After retiring from nursing she became an ordained minister at the Hopkins and Pickering United Methodist Churches, then Ravenwood Methodist Church was added. She had also preached at the Sheridan, Grant City, and Denver, Missouri churches.
Susan was an Elder in the United Methodist Conference. Memberships included, PEO, the Mental Health Committee of Nodaway County, and the area Habitat for Humanity Board.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Wilbur Noakes two brothers: John in 1991, and David in 2012.
She leaves her sister-in-law, Melba Jean (Dean) Bentley, Council Bluffs, Iowa; five nephews: Karl Stokes, Newark, Texas, Jason Hoepker, Timothy Hoepker, and Wyatt Emery, all of Hopkins, and Keyle Stokes, Maryville; three nieces, Sarah Emery, Hopkins, Diana Stokes, Maryville, and Kasey Stokes, Newark, Texas; Wilbur’s niece and nephew, Kimberly Conley, Omaha, Nebraska, and Scott Bentley, Orlando, Florida, and many friends.
Susan has been cremated under the care of the Bram Funeral Home, Maryville.
Memorial services will be at 11 a.m., on Friday, June 13, 2025, at the Wray Memorial United Methodist Church, Hopkins. The family will receive friends for one hour prior to the service on Friday.
The burial with full military rites will follow the Hopkins Cemetery.
Memorials are suggested to a church of the donor’s choice, or to the Ministry Center, 917 S. Main, Maryville, MO 64468.
