Noonan ‘truly one of the finest people’
Hamilton Mayor Pat Moeller called James Noonan “truly one of the finest people” he ever met.
“He didn’t talk a lot, but when he spoke to me, I listened,” said Moeller, who served on city council with Noonan. “He was just friendly to me. There were few finer gentlemen in the city.”
Noonan, owner and director of Webb Noonan Funeral Home for more than 50 years, died May 2 in his Hamilton residence. He was 85.
In 2010, Noonan was recognized by the Ohio Funeral Directors Association for his five decades service.
Since he was 13, he knew he was meant for the funeral business. A brief college stint training as a dentist showed him he liked what he was doing and he officially became a director in November 1959, joining what is now Webb-Noonan Funeral Home in 1967. He sold that business in 2000.
“When you first start out in the business, you bury acquaintances,” Noonan