Wilna Mae (Crandall) Van Noty 1918-2008
Categories: The Sabbath Recorder Obituary
"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 230, No 11, p 25, Nov., 2008.
Wilna Mae Van Noty, 90, passed away in Hemet, Calif., on September 6, 2008, following an extended illness with several complications including Alzheimer’s.
Wilna was born in Battle Creek, Mich., on March 18, 1918, daughter of Paul and Nettie Crandall. She was baptized at an early age by Pastor J.W. Crofoot, and was an excellent Bible student all her life. Wilna graduated from Battle Creek High School in 1936. She worked for a short while at the Battle Creek Sanitarium and the Battle Creek Food Company.
On Valentine’s Day, 1942, Wilna married Merrill R. Van Noty, and she became a loving and sacrificing mother and wife at home. Following two of Merrill’s stints in the military, the family moved to Riverside, Calif., in 1953. She joined the Riverside SDB Church in 1954. Subsequent moves took the family to homes in Washington State; Durango, Colo.; North Loup, Neb.; and Flagstaff, Ariz.
Wilna is survived by her husband, Merrill; four daughters and one son; one sister and three brothers; eleven grandchildren; eleven great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandson.
Burial was in the North Loup Village Cemetery beside many of her ancestral family.