Arvin Leroy Noe

Arvin Leroy Noe, 78, of Downs, Illinois, passed away at 3:47 a.m. Tuesday, March 1, 2022, at OSF St. Joseph Medical Center, Bloomington, Illinois. A memorial service will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, April 23, 2022, at the Ellsworth United Methodist Church with Pastor Michelle Giermann officiating. Inurnment will be in Friends Cemetery, Bentown, Illinois, with military rites accorded. Memorial donations may be made to the Ellsworth United Methodist Church or Ellsworth American Legion.

Arvin was born October 21, 1943, in Ponca, Nebraska, to Oliver Edward and Mary Elizabeth (Lamb) Noe. He married Patricia Ann Benjamin on March 17, 1967, in Normal, Illinois. She survives.

He is also survived by his two children, Andrew (Samantha) Noe of Downs, Illinois, and Megan (Brad) Hicks of Normal, Illinois; grandchildren, Benjamin Joseph (Taylor) Noe and Nathaniel Jacob Noe; brother, Keith Noe of Hay Springs, Nebraska; and two sisters, Doris (Floyd) Robley of Fort Lupton, Colorado, and Darlene (Rick) Boeshart of Holiday Island, Arkansas.

Arvin was a member of the Ellsworth United Methodist Church and the Ellsworth American Legion. He enjoyed camping and fishing, occasionally talking trips to Colorado to do both. Most of all, Arvin was a tinkerer, known to his family as the "Deere Man." He would go to auctions and buy old broke down John Deere tractors and tinker with them until they worked properly. Arvin worked for over 20 years for Federated Insurance Co. of Owatonna, Minnesota.

He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, brother, and devoted friend who will be deeply missed.