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with them and her many

great-grandchildren will

endure as treasured memo-

ries.

Kay’s own siblings, broth-

ers, Jim and Chris Catchick

and sister-in-law, Mary

Frances VanderWall, along

with her nieces and nephews,

Maggie (Kevin) Houghton,

Matt (Christine) Catchick,

John (Jan) VanderWall, and

Scott (Denise) VanderWall,

enriched her life immeasur-

ably.

Kay was preceded in death

by her parents, Mack and

Marguerite (Stephan)

Catchick, step-mother, Doris

Catchick, and brother, Jim

Catchick.

Kay’s family will receive

friends on Saturday, July 13,

2024 from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.

at the Beeler-Gores Funeral

Home where her celebration

of life will be conducted at

1p.m. Private burial will

take place at Mt. Hope

Cemetery.

Memorial contribution to

Thornapple-Kellogg Schools

(memo line: Elementary

Schools in memory of Kay

Noah) will be appreciated.

Please visit http://www.beeler-

goresfuneral.com to share a

memory or leave a condo-

lence message for Kay’s

family.

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Area ObituariesArea Obituaries
Ellen Kay Noah passed
away peacefully surrounded
by her loving family on May
3, 2024, at the age of 89.
Born on July 10, 1934, in
Detroit, MI, Kay was the
beloved daughter of Mack
and Marguerite (Stephan)
Catchick.
After graduating from
Grosse Pointe High School
in 1952, Kay pursued her
passion for education and
attained a BA degree in
Elementary Education from
Michigan State University
in 1956. Kay continued her
educational pursuits by
obtaining a master’s degree
from Western Michigan
University in 1973. She
devoted over two decades to
shaping young minds as an
elementary teacher at
Thornapple-Kellogg
Schools, from 1973 to 1994,
a role she cherished deeply.
Her marriage to Melvin
L. Noah, MD on August 26,
1956 at the MSU Chapel
was a testament to enduring
love, spanning 67 years of
mutual support and shared
dreams. As the matriarch of
a bustling household, Kay
was a wonderful mother to
four boys – Greg, Terry,
Randy, and Chris – instilling
in them the values of integ-
rity, generosity, and educa-
tion. She was also a stead-
fast partner in her husband’s
medical practice, offering
her unwavering support
through the years.
Family was Kay’s greatest
joy, as evidenced by her
devotion to her sons and
their spouses, Greg (Jean)
Noah, OD, Terry (Margaret
Helton, MD) Noah, MD,
Randy (Chen Yin, JD) Noah,
JD, and Chris (Ann) Noah,
MD. She reveled in the
growth of her grandchildren:
Christopher (Christina)
Noah, Kelsey (Austin)
Styler, Corrie Noah, Paul
Noah, Hannah Noah, MD,
Sean (Sarah) Noah PhD,
Kelly (Max) Wolffe, Carly
Noah, Janie Noah, Luke
Noah, Chloe (Steve) Reamer,
and SJ (Claes) Adler. The
cherished moments she spent
Ellen Kay Noah
Debate continues over
Mid-Villa TIF request
Greg Chandler
Staff Writer
The Thornapple Township
Board has not yet reached a
final decision on whether to
back a developer’s request
for a tax-increment financing
proposal to support develop-
ment of the residential por-
tion of the Flats at Mid-Villa
project in Middleville.
The issue did not come up
at Monday’s board meeting,
but Township Supervisor
Eric Schaefer said afterwards
there’s a possibility a special
meeting could be held soon
to decide on the matter.
“I’m waiting to hear back
from the attorney (on the
resolution language that the
board will vote on). It’s
going to be a matter of days
before I get an answer on
what needs to happen ... I
didn’t have a resolution
(Monday), I didn’t have an
agreement, I didn’t anything
to vote on,” Schaefer said.
The board held a special
meeting May 9 at the town-
ship fire station to get input
from residents on the project
and the TIF request from
Dutch Developers LLC. The
meeting lasted nearly two-
and-a-half hours and featured
considerable pushback from
those in attendance, both
concerning the nature of the
project and the TIF proposal.
“I called the special board
meeting so that the develop-
ers of the Mid-Villa Flats
would have a chance to inter-
act with the public and
answer any questions they
may have,” Schaefer said at
the start of the special meet-
ing.
Dutch Developers is ask-
ing the township, the village
of Middleville, the village’s
Downtown Development
Authority and the Barry
County board to pass a pro-
posal to allow the county’s
Brownfield Redevelopment
Authority to collect $4.
million in new tax revenues
that are expected to be gener-
ated by development of the
residential portion of the
Mid-Villa project over the
next 15 years.
The Thornapple Township Board may call a spe-
cial meeting soon to decide whether or not to back a
developer’s request for tax-increment financing for a
large housing development at the former Middle Villa
Inn property. (File photo) See MID-VILLA TIF, next page