Lorene Noble

Lorene (Laurie) Rae Wright Noble

Lorene Rae Noble (Laurie) returned home to her Heavenly Father on Tuesday, November 17, 2015, surrounded by her family.

Lorene (Laurie) Rae Wright Noble born July 12, 1956 in Salt Lake City, Utah.  Daughter of George Walter Wright and Dorothy Jean Andrews Wright.  Preceded in death by her dear parents, George Walter Wright and Dorothy Jean Andrews Wright, her beloved sister Jorjean (Jeannie) Wright Simmons, her comedian brother Kim Walter Wright, her beautiful daughter Angela Noble Weston and her treasured son Kenneth (Kenny Bug) Eugene Noble her sweet angel daughter Janica Noble.

The first love of her life was her family.

In 1977 she and her first husband (whom she later divorced) adopted two boys, son Kenneth, deceased (Jamie Brother-Noble) their children Kylie, Kennedy and Khloe of Layton, Utah; son Randall, his daughter Arianna of Utah.

In 1985 she met Val Jay Noble, the love of her life and her own personal “Valentine” whom she eloped and married on March 7, 1986 in Orlando, Florida and was later sealed to him in the Logan Temple on November 30, 1996.  Their marriage was meant to be.  She joked that the Lord had to put it in writing for her as she read her Patriarchal Blessing and it told her she would marry “A Noble Son Of Adam” and would be busily engaged in Noble service” as she became an instant mother to Val’s seven living children.

Daughter Jodie (Kory Cevering) their children Wesley Brown and his daughter Abigail of Indiana, Coty and his companion Devyn and their son Eli of Layton, Utah, Kate England and Angela Cevering of Layton, Utah.

Son Brett of Magna, Utah.

Daughter Angela – deceased – (Chris and Kara Weston and their daughter Lilia) of North Ogden, Utah.

Daughter Heather (Destry Bergstrom) their children Keslee and Justin McMahon and their daughter Kaylee of Arizona, Skyler Green and his companion Jalena Olsen, his daughters Gracie, Skylee, Aralee, Harlee and Zoe, Ryker Green and his daughter Brynlee, Bret Bergstrom and Samantha Bergstrom of Clearfield, Utah.

Daughter Kimberly Bateman and her children Austin, Colby, Madison and Logan Bateman of Clinton, Utah.

Daughter Janica Noble of Ogden, Utah and her daughter McKenna Jones of Clearfield, Utah.

Son Phillip (Brooke) Noble their children Brecklyn, Chandlyr, Jaygen and Rigdon Noble of Riverdale, Utah.

Laurie is survived by her husband Val, her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, her sister Andrea (Brian King) of West Point, Utah; her sister-in-law Atsuyo Wright of Layton, Utah; and her brother-in-law Bill (Donna Simmons) of Layton, Utah.

The second love of her life was her work.  She loved the field of Medicine.  She began her career as a candy striper at the VA Medical Center in Salt Lake and then became a nurses’ aide through Davis High School.  She went to work for the VA Medical Center in 1974 and became involved with the military and joined the US Army in 1975 and was assigned duties with the 328th General Hospital at Fort Douglas.  Through her work in the Army she became a 91C (Licensed practical nurse).  She received an early hardship discharge due to marital difficulties with her first husband whom she divorced in 1978.  She became interested in Oncology as a cancer registrar in 1984 and became certified in 1997 with the credentials of “CTR”.  She worked at the VA Medical Center until 1982 then moved to Hill Air Force Base Hospital until 1997 when she and Val relocated to Tucson, Arizona.  She worked at University Medical Center in Tucson, AZ and develope4d an extensive Cancer Program for them.  In 2001 they moved to North Las Vegas where she became the Cancer Program Manager at Nellis AFB.  The pinnacle of her career was being nominated for the position of Air Force Consultant to the US Surgeon General of the United States while working at Nellis.  She completed her service with the federal government when she retired in 2005 only to take on a new challenge with the Nevada Cancer Institute as an Oncology Clinical Trials Study Coordinator.  In 2007 she and Val moved back to Utah where she began working at Utah Valley Regional Medical Center in Provo, Utah as an Oncology Clinical Trials Study Coordinator where she helped implement an entire new program for the Clinical Trials Department bringing it up to date with current standards.  While working in Provo, she became ill with pulmonary fibrosis, interstitial lung disease that had a sudden onset causing her to become medically disabled and dependent on oxygen 24 hours a day.  Intermountain Health Care medically retired her in January 2011.  She met with her boss and he asked how she was doing, she said “fine, - I just can’t breathe”.  Then, sadly learned that she had developed this terminal lung disease.

She continued to enjoy time spent with her family and loved water fights and old movies with the traditional Noble carmel corn.  She loved playing games and spent the last of her days playing computer games and watching TV as her health declined and she succumbed to the terrible lung disease.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, November 21, 2015 at 2 p.m. at the Island View 1st Ward, 1895 S. Main, Clearfield.   Friends may visit family Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Lindquist’s Layton Mortuary, 1867 No. Fairfield Road and Saturday from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. at the church.

Interment, West Point City Cemetery.