Donald (Don) Noel, 57, of Covington, KY, passed away Wednesday, September 5, 2018 in Cebu, Philippines with his loving wife, Meri, and friends by his side. Don was born October 22, 1960 in Covington, Kentucky to Hubert (Don) and Jeraldine (Bradley) Noel. He graduated from Simon Kenton High School in 1978, where he played on the varsity football team and was voted most humerous his senior year. Don retired from Dynegy Zimmer Power Station in December 2017. He loved music, traveling the world, cooking, and spending time with his children and grandchildren. Don is survived by his wife, Merinessa (Sanchez) Noel; his three children, Marie (TJ) Fromme, Stephanie (Justin) Walters, and Dustin (Marisol) Noel; his five grandchildren, Ethan, Trey, Mia, Jude, and AJ; and his sister, Kim (Jim) Neil. He was preceded in death by his parents Hubert and Jeraldine. Visitation will be held from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm, Tuesday, October 2, at Fares J. Radel Funeral Home, 822 York St. Newport, KY 41071, with services to follow.
Visitation will be held from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm, Tuesday, October 2, at Fares J. Radel Funeral Home, 822 York St. Newport, KY 41071, with services to follow.
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Luisa & Jose Cerda says
September 29, 2018 at 4:41 pmMay he rest in peace. Thoughts and prayers for him and the family.
Luisa & Jose Cerda
Matthew Joseph Garvey says
October 2, 2018 at 1:10 amDon and i were in a bowling league on Saturday mornings during junior high. My father had recently passed and my mother had no drivers license. I would spend the night over at the Noel’s on Friday nights and Dons mother would drop us off at Cherokee bowl. Those Friday nights were such a huge part of my early teen years. Don and Kim basically had the attic of the house and don would turn me on to a plethera of music artists like Neil Young…Aerosmith …Alice Cooper. The 1st time I ever heard Black Sabbath was at the Attic…with a box fan in the window drawing the ambience outside as we would drop turntable needles on Albums and 8 tracks. Dons mother often made us homemade canned biscuit donuts…life was good! I met Don thru a mutual knothole baseball team and we played sports often. Don was into Karate and Judo…he was difficult to play box as his defense was incredible! Our dry oddball left field senses of humor went well together and Don was voted most humorous of our senior class of 78. Our friendship flourished throughout high school and beyond. My 1st quart of beer was with Don in the back of a baby blue VW Beetle rolling down Hands Pike driven by a 21 year old girl from Covington Kentucky. We both grew to have a life long love affair with beer I think mainly because we both needed to self medicate in that way… and Don dealt with his personal pain as do I. I moved 650 miles away and even thru the miles we stayed in touch after long intervals of marriage and kids and divorce. Don was tough and I mean physically and mentally…I once watched him accidentally step on a roofing nail barefoot sinking that joker in to the dime sized head…he growled a little… sat down and pulled it out! He lived his life and stayed in control of his life even thru this chronic health issue that he was dealt. He was tough! Hell…All the Noel’s were tough with Don Sr. Working at a Steel mill and Donnies mom keeping that hulk of a man in line! Kim donating a kidney to Don…man that’s tough!Don had a huge heart!i loved Donnie and I will forever miss him! Alas I have the memories fresh and could probably write all night long calling in sick to work tomorrow but I’m gonna sadly bow out with this passage from John Irving in the novel Hotel New Hampshire…
“We are all on a big ship- on a cruise across the world and in spite of the danger of being swept away at any time or perhaps because of the danger one is not allowed to be depressed and unhappy. The way the world works which is badly- leaves a strong incentive to live purposefully and to be determined about living well. There are no happy endings. Death is horrible, final and frequently premature so an unhappy ending does not undermine a rich and energetic life”
Matthew Garvey