Monday, September 23, 2019

Mourning the Passing of Friends: Forthcoming Funeral Services

“What we have once enjoyed we can never lose.  All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.” ~ Helen Keller


Forthcoming funeral services are planned for the following friends from our community. Complete versions of these obituaries may also be found in The Payson Chronicle.

NOREEN NELSON BISHOP

Noreen Nelson Bishop passed away peacefully at her
home in St. George, UT on September 19, 2019.

Noreen was born September 22, 1929 in Goshen, UT
to Alof and Hilda Webb Nelson.  She was the oldest of
four children. She was a big help to her parents on
their farm and a wonderful example to her three
younger siblings.  When she was in junior high, she
received an award for best penmanship and also held
various offices in both junior high and high school.
There was no high school in Goshen, so she was
required to travel to Payson, UT.  Her father felt the
bus ride was too long, so he sold the farm and moved
his family to Payson. She had many good friends
throughout high school, some of whom she has
remained in contact with to this day.

Soon after her graduation from school, she met her
sweetheart, Lee Bishop, and they were married
October 18, 1947.

Noreen was the mother of eleven children. After spending the first fifteen years of their married life
in Utah they moved to Overton, NV, in 1962 where Lee taught school. During their years in Overton,
while raising her family, Noreen helped Lee with his many small businesses. Together they began the
first newspaper in Moapa Valley, known as The Moapa Valley Herald. Noreen would type and assemble
the articles and then travel weekly to St. George, UT to have it printed. In 1991 Noreen was the Nevada
State Mother of the Year, but her children would tell you she was Mother of the Year every day.

She was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and served faithfully
in many callings, and though many of those were in presidencies of the various auxiliaries, her favorite
calling was serving with Lee in the nursery. Noreen and Lee served a two year mission to Ireland and
upon their return, served as Temple Ordinance Workers at the Las Vegas Nevada Temple. In 2011 they
moved to St. George, UT. During this time she became very involved in Family History.

Noreen is survived by eight of their eleven children: Michael (Debbie), Brant (Barbara), Connie (Lance)
Robertson, Nancy (Gary) Pierce, Melanie (Don) Davis, Kevin (Colleen), Tim (Laura) & Beverly (Bruce)
Clark; fifty-one grandchildren; one hundred and twelve great-grandchildren; fourteen
great-great-grandchildren and two sisters (Kathleen Hudson & Eleanor Rayner).

She was preceded in death by her husband, three sons (Alan, Randy & James), her parents, one brother
(Ray Nelson), and one grandson (Justin Bishop).

There will be a viewing held on Friday, September 27, 2019, at 12:00 p.m. at The Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter Day Saints, 166 South Main Street, St. George, UT with funeral services to follow at 1:00 p.m.

Graveside Services will be Saturday, September 28, 2019, at 11:00 a.m. at the Payson City Cemetery in
Payson, UT. Friends and family are invited to sign our online guestbook at www.moapavalleymortuary.com

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