Noel R. Shovan obit from NY 2002
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Noel R. Shovan obit from NY 2002
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Posted: 12 Feb 2006 5:01AM GMT |
Classification: Obituary
Surnames: Shovan, Wells, Coffey, Hjelm, Kilkenny, Day, Chauvin, Hahn, Decker
ELIZABETHTOWN, N.Y. —
Noel R. Shovan, 79, of Cobble Hill Road, Elizabethtown, died April 20, 2002, at the Horace Nye Nursing Home in Elizabethtown, N.Y., with his family by his side following a hard fought battle with Alzheimer’s disease.
Noel was born in Elizabethtown, Aug. 17, 1922, the son of Walter and Cecilia (Wells) Shovan.
He graduated from Elizabethtown High School in 1939 and attended Champlain College, in Plattsburgh, N.Y.
Noel served as aviation ordnancement (T) second class in the U.S. Navy from September 1943 to April 1946. He was honored with the Victory Medal.
He married Anne C. Coffey May 1, 1948, at St. Joseph’s Church in Troy, N.Y.
Noel worked at Western Electric Company as an installer from 1947 and retired in 1984. During his 37 years he laid fiber optic cable for the 1980 Olympics and during the year 1960 he assisted in the installation Early Warning System (BEWS) off the coast of Alaska.
Upon retirement from Western Electric, he served as property assessor for many years in the Town of Elizabethtown.
Noel was a member of the American Legion, Telephone Pioneers of America and the Roaring Brook Hunt Club. He was also a retired member of the Elizabethtown Fire Department.
He was a proficient weaver, gardener and avid hunter and fisherman. He truly loved the Adirondacks. He was a creative builder and lovingly built, along with family members and friends, a Adirondack lean-to and log cabin for his family to enjoy for many generations.
Survivors include his wife of 54 years, Anne; and seven children, 15 grandchildren; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. Their seven children, Sca Chauvin and two children, Christien and Jennika of Belfast, Maine, Peter Shovan and 1 child, Thomas of Saranac Lake and Elizabethtown; Cecilia Chauvin and four children, Dylan, Andrew, Ansel and Graham of Erie, Pa., Joseph and Lisa Shovan and two children, Audrey and Tanner of Lewis; Noel and Pam Shovan and three children, Brent, Emily and Kyle of Glens Falls, Claire and Paul Hahn of Granby, Conn. and Lisa and Scott Decker and three children, Noel, Caite and Jamie of Elizabethtown.
Noel was predeceased by his parents; and three sisters, Betty Hjelm and Jane Kilkenny of Franconia, N.H., and Marie Day of Clearwater, Fla.
Calling hours will be 4 to 7 p.m. Monday, April 22, 2002, at Marvin’s Funeral Home in Elizabethtown. A mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at St. Elizabeth’s Church in Elizabethtown.
Donations in his memory can be made to the Elizabethtown Volunteer Fire Department, American Legion and the Alzheimer’s Association.
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Noel R. Shovan, 79, of Cobble Hill Road, Elizabethtown, died April 20, 2002, at the Horace Nye Nursing Home in Elizabethtown, N.Y., with his family by his side following a hard fought battle with Alzheimer’s disease.
Noel was born in Elizabethtown, Aug. 17, 1922, the son of Walter and Cecilia (Wells) Shovan.
He graduated from Elizabethtown High School in 1939 and attended Champlain College, in Plattsburgh, N.Y.
Noel served as aviation ordnancement (T) second class in the U.S. Navy from September 1943 to April 1946. He was honored with the Victory Medal.
He married Anne C. Coffey May 1, 1948, at St. Joseph’s Church in Troy, N.Y.
Noel worked at Western Electric Company as an installer from 1947 and retired in 1984. During his 37 years he laid fiber optic cable for the 1980 Olympics and during the year 1960 he assisted in the installation Early Warning System (BEWS) off the coast of Alaska.
Upon retirement from Western Electric, he served as property assessor for many years in the Town of Elizabethtown.
Noel was a member of the American Legion, Telephone Pioneers of America and the Roaring Brook Hunt Club. He was also a retired member of the Elizabethtown Fire Department.
He was a proficient weaver, gardener and avid hunter and fisherman. He truly loved the Adirondacks. He was a creative builder and lovingly built, along with family members and friends, a Adirondack lean-to and log cabin for his family to enjoy for many generations.
Survivors include his wife of 54 years, Anne; and seven children, 15 grandchildren; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. Their seven children, Sca Chauvin and two children, Christien and Jennika of Belfast, Maine, Peter Shovan and 1 child, Thomas of Saranac Lake and Elizabethtown; Cecilia Chauvin and four children, Dylan, Andrew, Ansel and Graham of Erie, Pa., Joseph and Lisa Shovan and two children, Audrey and Tanner of Lewis; Noel and Pam Shovan and three children, Brent, Emily and Kyle of Glens Falls, Claire and Paul Hahn of Granby, Conn. and Lisa and Scott Decker and three children, Noel, Caite and Jamie of Elizabethtown.
Noel was predeceased by his parents; and three sisters, Betty Hjelm and Jane Kilkenny of Franconia, N.H., and Marie Day of Clearwater, Fla.
Calling hours will be 4 to 7 p.m. Monday, April 22, 2002, at Marvin’s Funeral Home in Elizabethtown. A mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at St. Elizabeth’s Church in Elizabethtown.
Donations in his memory can be made to the Elizabethtown Volunteer Fire Department, American Legion and the Alzheimer’s Association.
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info from www.PressRepublican.com
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"Used with permission from Press-Republican, a division of Ottaway Newspapers, Inc."