Lash Brooke Noall, age 83, passed away Friday, July 19, 2024, and is finally released from the trial of Alzheimer's Disease, and at peace. We are so grateful to the many friends and family who have reached out to comfort and support us through Brooke's difficult illness. We rejoice in his completion of a beautiful life.
Brooke was born August 17, 1940, in Ogden, Utah to Harold Flashman Noall and Sandra Hawkes. He loved his parents dearly and his two brothers, Hal and Scott.
Brooke grew up living in the avenues of Salt Lake City, Utah, close enough to walk to the Salt Lake Temple, and take piano lessons in the Tabernacle from his great uncle, Frank W. Asper. Playing the piano became a passion for him and he was called upon to use that talent in the service of others through his life. He filled our home with music. He loved to worship through singing hymns and sacred music together, and he inspired his children with a similar love.
His father was skilled in wood working and when Brooke was ten years old, he helped his Father build their family cabin in Big Cottonwood Canyon. With those skills, he became a handyman like his dad, so whatever project we could dream up, he could help us build it. His family spent many happy days at the cabin, out in the mountains and immersed in nature. They built strong family traditions around the cabin. He learned to snowshoe up to the cabin in the winter, cross country ski, hike, backpack, and feel at home in the woods. His family also loved to take road trips to explore the great outdoors. Brooke brought these traditions to his own family so camping and jeeping became our traditional vacations. Brooke inspired us with his love of nature, especially birds, and sunsets.
Early on, he was enamored with cars: old classic cars, new cars, and racing cars. He acquired mechanic skills which allowed us to drive old cars because he could keep fixing them, and we could keep our old four-wheel drive units going.
When he was a teenager, his parents let him spend his summers with his aunts and uncles and cousins in Idaho, working on their farms. He learned how to drive a tractor. They turned him into a farmer and a cowboy...and a prankster.
After he graduated from East High School, he served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints to Hawaii from 1961 to 1963. He loved the people of Hawaii and the missionary experience. He continued to accept callings and opportunities to serve in the church wherever he was called throughout his life. He had a particular love for missionary work. He believed in God and gave his highest priority to the work of our Heavenly Father and his Son, Jesus Christ, as directed by his chosen prophets.
In 1967, he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Utah in English with a Speech minor. He started out studying psychology and took a lot of classes in that direction, but he settled on majoring in English. While in his undergraduate years, he ran for a presidential student-body office and was surprised to win. He was an eager can-do person with ideas and visions of how to solve problems, and he jumped right into student affairs which started his strong motivation to improve education and meet students' needs. He got to work with Neal A. Maxwell and had a memorable opportunity to learn from him.
At the University of Utah, Brooke made life-long fraternity friends who helped him build upon his skills as a prankster. Brooke had one handicap, he could keep a straight face, but his nostrils would flare white and give him away. He had a dry wit, and he saw the humorous side of life. He did his student teaching at Grantsville High School, and then because he loved the people there, he taught for another year. On a whim, he went to live in Phoenix because his friend took a job down there. He worked as a teacher at the Arizona State Hospital serving adults with special needs. He gained perspectives for life from that experience, and he determined that he could help young people more deeply as a teacher. So, he moved back to Salt Lake City and took a job teaching at South High School from 1971 to 1974.
Brooke found his soulmate at South High School. His first year at South High as a teacher, was Carol Wall's first year at South High as a student. In her senior year, they were secretly engaged in February and they married in the Ogden Temple on July 16, 1974, a month after Carol graduated. They were blessed with seven children: Joshua, Libbie, Laura, Sarah, David, Joseph, and Joanna.
Brooke switched to Highland High School and taught from 1974 until he retired in 2012, a total of 42 years of teaching High School. He also taught classes at the University of Phoenix for almost ten years. He was a loved teacher, and with his height and distinctive face, former students often recognized him and stopped him to say hello. He was awarded The University of Utah Outstanding School Teacher Award in 2005, on the strength of being nominated by former students.
Brooke went back to the University of Utah and earned a masters in Education in 1981, taking classes, at the same time that he was teaching at Highland High School during the day. And in 1996, he got his administrative certification for Education Administration. He pursued his education in order to increase his teacher salary to provide for his family, but he also loved learning. He read voraciously. He was interested in everything, so between his schooling, his reading, and his hands-on approach to exploring, he knew something about almost everything. He shared whatever wisdom or knowledge he had in a humble and unassuming way.
He was a thoughtful and attentive son, brother, husband, father, grandfather, and uncle. He gave his heart and soul to his children, looking out for their needs and wants and sacrificing his own wants. He made our home a place of refuge, beauty, learning, peace, and provision, and most of all, a house of faith and devotion to Jesus Christ and Heavenly Father. He laid the foundation for an eternal family.
Brooke is survived by his wife Carol Wall Noall, their children, Joshua (Mattie) Noall, Libbie (Nathanial) Dickson, son-in-law Collin (Karen, married to Collin after Laura died and who is a dear daughter to us) Steel, Sarah (Steve) Shaha, David (Christina) Noall, Joseph (Stacie) Noall, Joanna Noall, Thirty-eight beloved grandchildren, Brooke's brother Scott (Barbara) Noall, and sister-in-law Joy Noall.
Preceded in death by his daughter Laura Steel, his parents Harold Flashman Noall and Sandra Hawkes Noall, his brother Harold Kay Noall, and granddaughter Laura Grace Noall.
As a family, we are in awe of the multitude of tender blessings that have surrounded us during his last week of life. We were carried through it by our loving Heavenly Father. We owe a deep thank you to Intermountain Medical Center, Bristol Hospice, and Beehive Homes of Riverton, for going above and beyond in their care for Brooke, and their concern for us. We are very touched by the love from our neighbors, and our stake and ward families. We are deeply grateful for their service to us!
A private family prayer and dedication of the grave will be held at 11:00 am on July 26, 2024 at the Riverton City Cemetery gravesite, 1500 W 13200 S Riverton, Utah 84065 The family will then gather at a chapel of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints 12830 S 2700 W, Riverton, Utah 84065.
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