Noeller, Phyllis Ann

Phyllis Ann Noeller, 73, of Brooklyn, died Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009, at her home following an extended illness. Services: 1 p.m. Thursday, Kloster Funeral Home, Brooklyn, with Dennis Smith officiating. Burial: Brooklyn Memorial Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. A memorial fund has been established.

She is survived by her sons, John C. Baumhoefener III and wife Leslie of Keystone, and Paul James Baumhoefener and wife Wendy of Cross Junction, Va.; her daughter, Barbara Nangle and husband Tim of Brooklyn; 10 grandchildren, Karen (Barry) Blough, Shane Deimerly, Austin Deimerly, Jesse, Sierra, Isaac, Levi, Laura Kate and Micah Baumhoefener and Leslie (Dave) Kirkpatrick; and four great-grandchildren, Joshua and Katie Blough and David and Heidi Kirkpatrick. Also surviving is a sister, Judith Newgaard of Cedar Rapids; and a brother, Wayne Ginn and wife Sandi of Chandler, Ariz.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Marvin in 2002; and a son, Tom Baumhoefener in 1976.

Phyllis Ann Ginn was born June 19, 1936, in St. Paul, Minn., the daughter of Morris Ginn and Vera Christenson Ginn Akers. She graduated from McKinley High School in Cedar Rapids, with the class of 1953. She married Marvin P. Noeller on July 24, 1971, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Phyllis and Marvin operated with her brother, Wayne and wife Sandi, the Linn County Nursery in Center Point, Iowa, until retiring. After retiring, Phyllis and Marvin lived in Maui, Hawaii, for 15 years.

Phyllis enjoyed her family and friends and socializing at her lake home. She also enjoyed gardening, traveling and outings to the casinos.

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