Henrietta "Sally" Noyes, a 41 year resident of the Sedona and Cottonwood area, passed away in Cottonwood on September 6, 2026 at the age of 102. Sally was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota where she lived till her teenage years. She attended high school at Westover School, a boarding school in Connecticut. She next moved to New York City and studied photography. This led to a job at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City as a photographer.

The year was 1943, Sally was early for a lunch engagement with some girlfriends, so she stopped at an Army recruiting office next door to the restaurant. She passed all the tests, except her weight was too low. Determined to join, so many milkshakes later, but still under weight, finally Uncle Sam relented and let her join the Army Aircorp. After her basic training this newly minted WAC served stateside till finally she was shipped overseas to an Army Air Corp base in Wales. There she became the base photographer, rose to the rank of PFC and in early 1945 met her future husband, Corporal Roger Noyes. The war ended and she and Roger were sent to separate bases in Germany. Love found its way, Roger and Sally were able to meet in Paris and were married.

Sally was shipped home as WAC's could not serve if married. Her troop carrier carrying over 3000 troops had become stranded near the Azores and was severely damaged. Walter Winchell learned of their plight and reported this on the radio. This caused the Navy to respond to their plight and send the carrier USS Enterprise on its final voyage to rescue them. Safely back in the USA, Sally joined Roger's parents in California. Several months later Roger joined her.

Los Angeles became their home till 1958 and they attended St. Mark's Episcopal church in Van Nuys. Roger's employer was transferring its operation to Orange County and offered its employees a 6 month leave of absence. They decided to move to Guadalajara, Mexico for those months with their three children. Well, they loved Mexico and did not move back to the USA till 1978. Roger got a job as the head engineer at a large company and Sally was home with the children and did volunteer work. They attended St. Mark's Episcopal Church. The three children became four. Roger made a major career change and after studying for the priesthood, he became an Episcopal priest.

The pastor at their Los Angeles church had risen to become the Bishop of Botswana. Roger was offered a position as a priest in Gaborone, the capital of Botswana which he gladly accepted. Sally and Roger and their youngest child moved to its capital city, Gaborone in 1974. Sally joined the Mother's Union, a volunteer group of Anglican African women. They loved their stay in Botswana. They explored all its regions including the Kalahari Desert, the Okivango Delta, Chobe game park and nearby Victoria Falls. When Roger's work ended, after two and a half years they returned to Guadalajara in 1977.

A year later, Sally and Roger moved to San Diego, California, where Roger became the Vicar of St. Mary by the Sea in Imperial City. Sally and Roger retired to the Village of Oak Creek in 1985. Roger was pressed into service for 2 years becoming the temporary Vicar of St. Andrew's Church in Sedona. Sally became very involved in serving St. Andrew's as well. Sally involved herself in church activiites at all the churches she attended throughout her life.

They moved to Cottonwood in 1998. They remained active members of St. Andrew's Parish. Roger passed away in 2015. Friends and family will always remember Sally as a wonderful, loving, caring, friendly, vibrant woman who was always willing to help, for her generosity and her positive outlook on life.

Sally was preceded in death by her husband Roger, daughter Denise Ritter and son in law Paul Moore.

Sally is survived by her children Gregory, Michael (Joan), Anne Moore, son in law Mark Ritter, 14 grandchildren and their spouses, 26 great grandchildren and 2 great great grandchildren.

She was humble in life and in keeping with this, there will be no celebration of life as this is what Sally requested.