Grace Noble

Zephyrhills, FL Grace Elaine (O’Riley) Noble, 82, widow of LeRoy “Barney” Noble, who she was married to for 20 years, died peacefully on August 28, 2022 at Community Hospice in St. Augustine, FL from complications of chronic illnesses.

Grace was born November 14, 1939 in Watertown, NY daughter of the late William and Mabel (Corbett) O’Riley. Raised in Watertown, NY, she graduated high school from Immaculate Heart Academy and worked as a secretary and a bookkeeper.

Grace was involved in many activities in the BetMar community where she lived. She also had a lifelong love of music. She sang tenor for years as a Sweet Adeline and was part of a barbershop quartet that sang in nursing homes and hospices and donated any proceeds to music departments at local schools in Zephyrhills. She also worked as a hospice volunteer for several years. Grace organized and donated comfort packages, clothing and Christmas gifts to local homeless shelters in Zephyrhills.

Grace is survived by her daughter and her husband, Tami and Edmund Caporaso; her 3 sons and their wives, Thomas and Kathy Murray of East Haddam, CT, Patrick Murray and Terri Anderson-Murray of Moodus, CT and Timothy Murray and Stacey Ewing of Archer, FL; 2 sisters, Mary Therese Scully of Milford, CT and Sharon O’Riley of Rochester, NY; 3 step-children and their spouses, Drew and Julie Noble of Fort Meyers, FL, Marsha and Anthony Sharky of Prospect, CT and Orian and Robert Peck of Prospect, CT; 8 grandchildren and a great grandson from her children; 6 grandchildren and their children that she loved and shared with her husband’s family and many beloved nieces and nephews. In addition to her husband and her parents, Grace was predeceased by her 4 brothers, William, Richard, Neil and Bernard.

Calling hours will be Sunday, October 23, 2022 from 12:00pm to 2:00pm at the Buckmiller Thurston Mengacci Funeral Home, 82 Fairview Avenue, Naugatuck, CT. Burial will be Monday, October 24, 2022 at 9:30am in Grove Cemetery, Cross Street, Naugatuck, CT. In lieu of flowers and to honor Grace’s memory, donations are requested to Community Hospice and Palliative Care Foundation, 4266 Sunbeam Road, Jacksonville, FL 32257.