Wilda Sarah (Arbogast) Noonan of Lynnfield, formerly of Lynn, known as Billie, died on August 7, 2026 at the Pilgrim Nursing Center in Peabody with her family around her. She was 100.
She was born in Streby, W.Va. on December 13, 1925, the youngest daughter of the late Peter C. and Stella S. (Turner) Arbogast, and never forgot the wood stove and the Grand Ole Opry on the radio with her brothers and sisters. She worked at Champion Lamp, the Equitable Co-Operative Bank and other businesses, loved country music, sewed, cooked special meals for her pets and was known for her red velvet cake and Ritz cracker pie. Her husband, James J. Noonan, died before her.
She leaves her children, Patricia Murphy and her husband John of Ipswich, Pamela Birmingham and her husband Thomas of Lynnfield, and James Noonan and his wife Christine of Lynnfield; her grandchildren, Cheryl Birch, Daniel Murphy, John Birmingham, Thomas Birmingham and Lauren Birmingham; her great-grandchildren, Alison Birch, Christopher Birch, Erin Murphy, Katelyn Arrosamena Mellgren and Jonathan Murphy; and her great-great-grandchild, Alva Arrosamena Mellgren. Her siblings Willard Arbogast, Nida McDonald, Nettie Lawrence and Quentin Arbogast died before her.
Funeral arrangements are private, with a celebration of her life to be held later. Arrangements are by the Solimine Funeral Home, Lynn. The family suggests donations to the Northeast Animal Shelter, 347 Highland Avenue, Salem, MA 01970.
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