Noel Wildsmith (25 Dec 1925 - 23 Feb 2017)

In loving memory of Noel Wildsmith who sadly passed away on 23rd February 2017. Noel was a devoted husband to his beloved wife Ena and a loving father and grandfather and great grandfather. Noel passed away peacefully in his sleep in his own bed within his family home. Noel had a long life living to 91 years old and having seen action in WWII with the Royal Navy on the Arctic Convoys, after the war he transferred to the RAF where he rose to the rank of Flight Sargeant, as children we travelled the globe and had a very interesting childhood. Married three times, he seperated from his first wife and took custody of three children as a single dad in the early 1960's, he worked in the Post Office, Police Force (civilian radio operator) and latterly until he retired as a Prison Officer at Lincoln Prison. He re-married in 1967 to Alice and our family welcomed her grown children to ours, sadly Alice passed away in 1969 and Noel was a single dad again but he just did whatever had to be done to keep the family together and safe. In 1970 he re-married for the third time to Ena who survives Noel but sadly in a nursing home with Alzhiemers. Noel above all things should be remembered as a heroic Family Man, a truly dedicated father who just got on with it with grace and humour. He was loved beyond words because of this and he will leave a massive hole in our hearts.