Obituary: William R. Noe

• Title	Obituary: William R. Noe
  Short Title	Obituary: William R. Noe
  Author	Crockery and Glass Journal
  Publisher	New York, New York, 6 May 1920
  Repository	Sherry "Buster" Heiser
  Source ID	S44
  Text	WILLIAM R. NOE DIES SUDDENLY News of the death of William R. Noe, head of Wm. R. Noe & Sons, which occurred suddenly at his home in East Orange on Tuesday afternoon, will be received with general sadness in the trade, where his friends are legion. He was the personification of kindness and good nature, and one of the most able men in his line of business, as the growth of the firm testifies. As a young man he was connected with Holmes, Booth & Hayden, dealers in brass and lamp goods, as a salesman. Thirty-three years ago he went into partnership with N. J. Botsford, of Botsford & Lacy, lamp goods the firm then becoming Botsford & Noe, and locating at 33 Park Place. This connection lasted about five years, when he went into business for himself at 53 Murray street, where he occupied the whole building as a jobber of lamps and supplies and importer of illuminating glassware. The business was a success from the start, and during the past ten years the firm has manufactured a good part of the lines it handles, having a brass goods factory in Brooklyn and a large lamp, shade and novelty factory at 53-55 West Twenty-First Street. About nine years ago Mr. Noe took his three sons into business with him, the firm name then becoming Wm. R. Noe & Sons. The building downtown becoming inadequate for the needs of the fast-growing business, Mr. Noe reluctantly decided four years ago to move uptown. He had a particular fondness for the old downtown district, where he had started his career and enjoyed so many years of success. He had just returned from a trip to Atlantic City, and up to the day of his death had been enjoying fairly good health, with the exception of a slight cold. At noon he complained of not feeling well, and died at four o'clock that afternoon, the doctors assigning diabetes, from which he had suffered occasionally, and which was aggravated by his cold, as the cause. He is survived by a widow and three sons -- Eugene, Wm. R., Jr., and Harold -- also a sister, Mrs. Frederick Moore, who resides in Newark, N.J. The funeral services will be held at his home, 174 Prospect Street, East Orange, N.J., on Friday at 2:30 p.m.
  Linked to (4)	NOE, Charles Eugene "Gene" Noe, Harold Cooper Noe, William Robert "Rob" Jr. NOE, William Robert "Will"

  
  

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  Photo & Scanned copy of Original Obituary in possession of the West Nebraska Family Research & History Center