Obituary of Noël Paul Woods

Woods, Noël Paul. Peacefully at Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, on Thursday, March 24th, 2016, at the age of 85 years. Noël Woods of Willow Beach, devoted husband of Katherine (nee Parkinson). Loving father of Ronān Woods and Aishling Bell and her husband Sean all of Sutton. Beloved papa of Declan and Brendan Bell. Predeceased by his brother, Aidan. Greatly missed by his brothers Michael (Nan), Dermot, Brendan (Miriam), Paul (Anne) and Frank (Pauline) and brother in law of Elizabeth, all of Ireland. Noël was born in County Longford, Ireland, and educated in Navan. He attended teacher's college in Dublin, and taught in England, Ireland, and Buenos Aires before coming to Canada. Noël attended York University and University of Toronto. He was a school principal with the Durham Region School Board (R.C.S.S.B.), with responsibility of four schools in Brooklin, Uxbridge, Whitby and Port Perry. For 40 years Noël served faithfully as the organist at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Sutton. Cremation has taken place. A funeral mass will be held in Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, 20916 Dalton Road, Sutton, Monday, April 4th at 11:00 a.m. Interment of Cremated Remains to follow at Briar Hill Cemetery, Sutton at a later date. Memorial condolences may be made at www.forrestandtaylor.com. Special thanks to Noel's physician, the late Dr. George Burrows and Nurse Practitioner Mrs. Beth Cowper-Fung of the Georgina Community Health Centre. "Ar Dheis Dē Goraibh A Hanam" "May his soul be at the right hand of God"