ORRINGTON – Worth Langton Noyes, 101, husband of the late Sarah (Stinchfield) Noyes, died at a local nursing home, July 11, 2006, surrounded by his loving family. He was born Feb. 4, 1905, in Danforth, the youngest son of Charles E. and Jennie (Cain) Noyes. He attended elementary school in Topsfield and graduated from Lee Academy before receiving a bachelor of science in forestry from the University of Maine in 1929, and a bachelor of science in education from New York University. He was an avid distance runner throughout his high school and collegiate years, being a member of the winning New England cross-country team of 1929. Worth was a great lover of the outdoors and truly enjoyed camping, hunting, fishing, climbing Mount Katahdin and just traveling throughout northern Maine, Canada and cross-country trips to visit his family in California. His greatest joy was gardening at his home on the Main Road in Orrington, where he could be found throughout the planting harvesting season. Worth was a well-known and respected educator for 42 years. He taught mathematics in Stetson, Patten, Glastonbury, Conn., Independence, Calif. and Bangor. He also was principal of Brownville Junction High School and from 1950 to 1971 was head of the mathematics department in the Bangor school system. Worth was a past president of the Bangor Teachers Club, Orrington School Board and Orrington PTA. He was an honorary deacon and long-time treasurer of the Universalist Church of Bangor, a member of the East Orrington Congregational Church and a 65-year member of Katahdin Lodge No. 156 of Patten. Worth was the oldest living member of the Phi Eta Kappa Fraternity and a recipient of the Boston Post Cane for the town of Orrington. Worth was a quiet, gentle man who worked happily among us in many capacities; volunteering at Bangor Mental Health Institute, delivering “Meals for Me” to the homebound, co-ordinating elder hostels at Hersey Retreat and researching and compiling the genealogy of the Noyes clan. Surviving are his six children, Worth Noyes Jr. and wife, Lee, of Ventura, Calif., Jean Hannah and Ed Parrish of La Verne, Calif., Mollie Noyes and husband, Jim Miller, of Belfast, Michael Noyes and his friend, Beverly Gray, of Bangor, Jennifer Noyes of Albuquerque, N.M. and Melanie Noyes of Orrington; 12 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by his wife of 56 years, Sarah in March of this year; two daughters, Janice Beggs of Snellville, Ga. and Mary Jane Noyes of Bangor; a grandson, Charles Hannah of La Verne, Calif.; two brothers, William of Albion and Phillip of Orrington; and one sister, Lucretia MacNichol of Kenduskeag. Worth had appreciated the many cards, calls and other acts of kindness during his stay at the Bangor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Worth’s family wishes to thank all the staff for their loving and honoring care. A graveside and committal service will be held in conjunction with a committal service for Sarah 11 a.m. Aug. 4, at Woodlawn Cemetery, Brewer. Those who wish to remember Worth in a special way, may make gifts in his memory to the Activity Department, Bangor Nursing and Rehabilitation center, 103 Texas Ave., Bangor, ME 04401 or the Senior Alumni Scholarships for Non-Traditional Students, care of Alumni Association, P.O. Box 550, Orono, ME 04473. A service of Brookings-Smith, Bangor. Condolences to the family may be expressed at www.BrookingsSmith.com
WORTH LANGTON NOYES
