Anita M. Noe

Anita Moritz Noe, 84, of Richmond, died March 22, 2015 peacefully with her family in Richmond after a short illness. She is survived by her husband, The Rev. Dr. William Stanton Noe, and in Virginia Beach two daughters Mrs. Lori Bocrie and her husband Mr. Jerald Bocrie and Mrs. Lisa Jennings, as well as one grandson Mr. Austin Jennings. Mrs. Noe, who was born and grew up in New York City, lived for many years at “Stonecliff” at Horseshoe Bridge in Hanover County near Ashland. She attended the Art School at Virginia Commonwealth University and was widely known and praised as a regional artist. She was for years a member of the Hanover Country Club, the Tuckahoe Woman’s Club, the Richmond Metropolitan Artists’ Association, the Women’s Committee of Richmond Symphony and the National Society of Arts and Letters. She served on the Steering Committee for the celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of Thomas Jefferson’s Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom and as the Chairman of the Richmond Symphony’s Fantasy Ball. In addition to her work as an artist, Mrs. Noe was also Fashion Director for Thalhimer Stores and a fashion model in New York and other cities. There will be a Requiem Mass celebrated at 2:00pm on Sunday, the 29th of March at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church on Grove Avenue in Richmond with burial to follow in the cemetery of Historic Fork Episcopal Church (St. Martin’s Parish) in Hanover County Services by the Woody Funeral Home, Parham Chapel. Condolences may be left at www.woodyfuneralhomeparham.com.