Rosemary Noele Emily Krier Madewell 12/1/64-5/12/07

Row, Row, Row, your boat
Gently down the stream
Merrily, Merrily, Merrily, Merrily,
Life is but a dream

Noele Madewell gently rowed out of this world on May 12, 2007.
Please come to our celebration of her life, Sunday May 20th, 1:00pm @ The McDade Watermelon Festival Grounds

Take 290 E towards Houston, McDade is approx. 10 miles past Elgin.
Look for the M&J Valero Gas Station on the left to know you’re getting close.

Make a left at the White Church & the old abandoned gas station (Waco St.), then make a right on Austin St. (Right after the post office) then make a right on Bastrop Street and look for watermelons.

Noele was Michelle's younger sister, passed at age 42. They were both born in Canada to immigrant parents who met in Canada, father Hans from Germany and mother Audrey from Ireland. There were only 2 children born to Hans and Audrey, Michelle and Noele.

After leaving Canada, the family moved to East Texas for a business interest, and after that they moved to Austin.

Noele her husband David Madewell met after the family moved to Austin. He is pictured with Noele in the canoe picture.

Noele left 4 children 4-13, the oldest with Downe's Syndrome.