Oct. 6, 1925 - Nov. 14, 2015
Date of Service: Nov. 20, 2015
Ila Beth Noble
RUPERT - On a beautiful fall day, Oct. 6, 1925, Ila "Beth" Jorgensen Noble was born. Her happy parents were Myrvin O. Jorgensen and Martha Ann Buck.
Beth was number four in the family, born in Avon, Cache County, Utah, in their small house on the family farm. At the age of six weeks, her family moved to Darlington, Idaho, where her father went to work for the Kraft Cheese Company. Beth grew up in Idaho with the family moving at least six times. When she started school at age five, they lived in Pocatello, but most of her schooling was in Burley. She graduated from Burley High School in 1943, as a married woman.
In June of 1942, a neighbor introduced Beth to Keith Golden Noble. They didn't see each other for two weeks after the introduction, and then met again by chance at the Saturday dance at the Y-Dell. Before the evening was over, Keith asked Beth if he could take her home. They were married during her senior year in the Salt Lake LDS Temple on Nov. 3, 1942. After the marriage and a honeymoon to California, they returned home to the Mini-Cassia area. Beth, as they had promised, returned to live with her parents to finish high school, and Keith returned to his family too.
After Christmas, in 1942, Keith was without a job and went to Hawthorne, Nev., to work in a defense plant doing metal fabrication. Beth was able to take an early graduation at the half-year, as long as she went to work helping with the war effort. Beth worked filling depth charges with gun powder and they were finally able to live together as a married couple. In the spring of 1943, they started work on their own new farm in Rupert. In 1944, they welcomed their first child, a daughter, LaRae. In 1944, Keith’s desire to serve his country saw him enlist in the United States Navy. With the Navy, Keith and Beth moved to Biloxi, Miss. After the war was over, they returned home to Rupert and their farm. From 1945 to 1956, they farmed and grew a crop of boys, with Kelly, Stanley, Scott, and Rod joining the clan.
In late 1956, they embarked on a new great adventure and moved to the Seattle, Washington area, where Keith was hired on the spot with the Boeing Company. Once settled in their home in Renton, Wash., their last two children, Randy and Pam, joined the family. In 1959, they became business owners and opened an A&W Drive-Inn in Renton. Keith and Beth worked side-by-side and made the best burgers and root beer around. In 1972, they sold the A&W and started new careers. Keith drove trucks for the next 16 years. Beth worked in retail sales several years and then for the Boeing Company. With 18 years of service, she retired in 1988.
Beth was an outgoing person who could make a friend anywhere she went. It always amazed her children how many people she knew and called friends. They never knew someone who wasn't touched by her goodness and always thought of her as a friend, as well. Beth always loved the Gospel of Jesus Christ, always attending church. She was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She loved serving others. She held many other callings in the Church from Primary teacher to ward Relief Society president. In 1990, Keith and Beth served their first LDS mission as full-time missionaries and helped open the new Arizona Tucson Mission. Later, they served a second mission in Seattle, being assigned to work with new Cambodian members.
Beth has a great posterity. She and Keith have 28 grandchildren and 52 great-grandchildren. In 1999, and after more than 40 years in Seattle, they moved back home to the Magic Valley, living again in Rupert, where they enjoyed their lives and renewed many great former friendships. Beth passed away quietly Saturday morning, Nov. 14, 2015.
Beth was preceded in death by her husband, Keith; her father and mother; one son, Stanley Brent; her brothers, Blaine, Kenneth, and Victor; and one sister, Bernice.
She is survived by her children, LaRae and Wayne MacGregor of Seattle, Wash., Kelly and Joyce Noble of Preston, Scott and Terry Noble of Coeur d’Alene, Rod and Wendy Noble of Auburn, Wash., Randy and Cheryl Noble of Burley, and Pam and Dave Huff of Maple Valley, Wash.; and one sister, Laura Lerwick of Minneapolis, Minn.
The Noble family would like to thank all of our family and friends for their cherished love and support to Beth. Also, they express their appreciation to the Rupert 7th Ward, Pomerelle Place, formerly known as the Warren House Assisted Living, and to Intermountain Hospice.
The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 20, at the Rupert LDS Stake Center, 324 E. 18th St., in Rupert, with Bishop Kelly Allen officiating. Burial will be in the Rupert Cemetery.
Friends may call from 6 until 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19, at the Rasmussen Funeral Home, 1350 E. 16th St., in Burley, and from 10 until 10:45 a.m. Friday at the church.
