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Genevieve (Jean) Ann Noel was born on May 8, 1936 on Uncle John Kitzke’s Farm southwest of Densmore, Kansas to John and Josephine (Glennemeier) Noel. Jean was the youngest of ten children. She passed away on December 12, 2022 at the Sidney Regional Medical Center in Sidney, NE at the age of 86.

When Jean and her sister Marcella started school, they stayed with Grandma Glennemier in Logan the first year. The next year Jean’s parents bought the Logan House Hotel and that was home for several years. Around the year 1947, Jean started taking tickets at the Theatre. Jean worked there ti...