Lillian Noyes Mulcahy
LEICESTER — Lillian Noyes Mulcahy, 82, passed away peacefully at home recently, surrounded by family members. Daughter of the late Richard G. and Pearl (Begor) Noyes, Lillian was born in Salisbury. After graduating from Brandon High School in 1944, Lillian was employed as a secretary at the Brandon Training School and was soon promoted to psychiatric secretary to Dr. Francis Kelly. In 1950, she and Raymond Michael Mulcahy met, fell deeply in love, and were married in just three months. They raised seven children.
Lillian is survived by Raymond, her best friend and true love for 58 years.
Lillian is missed by her surviving five children, Daniel and his wife Sandi of Glendora, Calif.; Peggy and her husband Bob Conley and their children Meghan, Robert and Kevin of Longmeadow, Mass.; Eileen and her son Tyler Ferland of Montpelier; Barry and his wife Mari and their children Padraic and Jillian of Leicester; and Kathleen (Kay) of Meredith, N.H.
Lillian was predeceased by two sons, Kevin Paul in 1975 and Brendan Sean in 2002. Rey Pamela (Brendan’s daughter) lives in Graniteville. Lillian will be missed by the surviving two of her 10 siblings: Maj. Ralph Lee Noyes of Alexandria, Va., and Salisbury and Margaret N. Twelves of Wilmington, Del., and many nieces, nephews and friends.
Besides being a cherished wife and loving mother, Lillian was active in St. Mary’s Church as a lector, altar server and Grand Regent for the Catholic Daughters of America. In addition to being a hands-on homemaker, she was accountant for the properties that she and Ray owned and rented. For several years, she was secretary and then librarian at the elementary school in Forest Dale. Lillian and Ray retired in South Carolina, but returned to Vermont in 2006 to be close to family members.
