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Aleta (Stegenga) Noonan
Born: 3/2/1912
Died: 10/17/2010
Age: 98
Community: Traverse City, MS
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Aleta Clara Noonan, 98, formerly Aleta Stegenga of Rockford and Traverse City, passed away peacefully on October 17, 2010. Aleta was born March 2, 1912 in Kent County, Michigan. She was 7 weeks old when her father died, leaving her mother, Rose to raise their three children. Rose married Edward White eight years later who was a great father to Aleta.
In 1932, Aleta married Victor John Stegenga and they moved from Sparta MI to Rockford MI where they raised their three children Fred, Jack and Sharon. Aleta was always a proud homemaker and loved her family dearly. She was a member of the First Congregational Church for over 60 years. She was active in many women’s groups, including The Friendship Guild, Women’s Fellowship, Rockford Garden Club, Eastern Star, and the Stitch and Chatter Club, a group of her very dear and close friends.
For several years she and Vic were foster parents, giving little children a temporary home. Early retirement years were spent wintering in Florida, and sharing good times with her sister Hilda and husband, and her step-brother Richard White and wife. In later years, she did volunteer work at Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids MI.
Four years after Vic's passing in 1975, Aleta married Guy T. Noonan of Glen Falls, NY. They were married for seventeen years. They enjoyed their winters in Florida and summers in Rockford.
Aleta is survived by her son, Fred (Ingrid) Stegenga of Yelm, WA, and her daughter, Sharon (Henry) Finch of Traverse City. Jack, whom she dearly missed, passed away in October 2008. Also surviving is her step-brother Richard (Gladys) White of Saginaw; seven grandchildren, Jim and Kris/Lily, Ty and Kamie, Molly, Allison and Spencer; and 9 great-grandchildren, Shamane, Kelsey, Dalton, Edward, Owen, AJ, Charlie, and Spencer.
A private family and close friends memorial service will be held at a later date in Rockford.
Memorials may be directed to the First Congregational Church, 6105 Center Road, Traverse City, MI 49686 or to Munson Home Hospice & Palliative Care, 550 Munson Ave., Traverse City, MI 49684.
Arrangements were made with the Cremation & Burial Society of MI and Pederson Funeral Home of Rockford.
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