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Lewena Noorda Obituary
Lewena "Tye" Noorda, born Dec. 26, 1923, returned to her Heavenly Father on April 5, 2014 where she was greeted by her eternal companion, Raymond John Noorda.
Tye grew up in Freedom, Utah, with her parents Franklin Adolph Taylor and Eleanor Bywater Taylor, and her brother, Blythe. After graduating high school in Moroni, Tye moved to Salt Lake City to work as a secretary, skilled in typing and shorthand, and a model, while attending the University of Utah to study her true passions: Speech and Drama. After building an impressive modeling portfolio in New York City, and receiving the stage name "Tye" from Nat King Cole's manager, Tye returned to SLC. There she met Raymond John Noorda. After six actual dates and one year of daily correspondence, Tye and Ray were married on August 4, 1950. The marriage was solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple.
Tye was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints where she served diligently in a variety of church callings, usually employing her passion for the dramatic arts. Tye was a gifted musician, writer, director, and poet, and wrote many songs and hymns. She loved to write and direct road shows and had a wonderful sense of humor, which she incorporated into her songs and poems. Ray's business career took the family to many states around the U.S, and later in life they turned their success to philanthropy, generously donating to numerous causes and institutions in Utah and in the developing world, as well as financing the Ray and Tye Noorda Oral Health Sciences Building at the University of Utah, a theatre at a the Utah Valley University, and Scenic View Academy. Ray and Tye's foundations, Angel Partners, Worth of a Soul, and The Ray and Tye Noorda Foundation are legacies that will live on and continue Ray and Tye's philanthropic vision.
Tye was preceded in death by her daughter, Val Marie, and her husband, Raymond John Noorda, and is survived by four sons, 13 grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.
There will be a viewing on Wednesday, April 9th from 6-8 p.m. at Sundberg-Olpin Funeral Home, 495 S. State Street, Orem, Utah (801) 225-1530. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, April 10th at 1:00 p.m. at the Sunset Heights Stake Center, 1260 S. 400 West, Orem, Utah. Viewing hours prior to the funeral will be from 11:00 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. at the Sunset Heights Stake Center. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.Sundberg-OlpinMortuary.com
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Brent Noorda
April 19, 2014
More of Tye Noorda's pictures, songs, etc.. are being collected at http://tinyurl.com/tyenoorda
Geoff Doiron
April 10, 2014
Dearest sympathies to the Noorda Family on the passing of Lewena. A life more fully lived and shared in so many communities and given to others will be hard pressed to find.
Our thoughts and prayers are with you during this transitional time.
-Your friends at Playworks Utah
Dinny Trabert
April 8, 2014
Andy, John and Noorda Family,
We are so sorry for you loss of dear Tye. I don't know of a gentler soul than your mother. Please know that I am sending you my thoughts and prayers along with the prayers of all the nursing students she and all of you have helped along the way.
With Sympathy,
Dinny Trabert and the Noorda Scholars from the U. College of Nursing
April 7, 2014
What a loss I feel over the passing of Tye!
Best wishes to the family and gratitude for sharing her with us, at so many Scenic View activities!
--Shirley Cox
Advisory Committee
April 7, 2014
Deepest condolences from everyone at Ability Found. Tye will be remembered and honored for her incredible generosity to not only our charity, but throughout the community. Her commitment to improving the lives of underprivileged Utahans is unmatched, and we will be forever grateful for all that she did in her honorable and inspiring life. Our best to the whole Noorda family, with love.
--Mike Workman, Ernest Robison
--Ability Found
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