Martha “Marti” Noble, 66, of Foster, Oregon passed away Friday, May 1, in Albany after a battle with metastatic breast cancer.

She was born February 13, 1949 to Alan Ward and Dorothy Jane (Derby) Evarts in Grand Junction, Colorado.

Marti lived in Oregon most of her adult life, where she raised her five children. While her children were being raised she worked at Head Start. She earned a Bachelor’s Degree from Western Oregon University in Speech and went on to teach kindergarten for many years at Gaarde Christian School in Tigard. Marti enjoyed teaching her kindergarten students and was known to show up at their “out of school” activities to show her love and support.

She was devoted to her faith and helped with summer Bible School and other activities sponsored by her church.

Marti loved gardening and looked forward to planting her flowers each spring. She also enjoyed crocheting, especially baby blankets. She was an avid reader and enjoyed playing board games.

She is survived by: her daughters, Tina Lovik, Stephanie Hawkins, and Ramona Day; sons, Nick Montano and Ray Noble; son-in-law, John Lovik; nine grandchildren, John, Kim, and Jake Lovik, Blake Morse, Michael Hawkins, Josh Day, and Kristen, Raymond, and Hailey Noble; great grandchildren, Klair, Kanen, and Easton Graves, Abbigail, Hannah, and Brooke Lovik, Crimson Morse, and Dixie; and her siblings, David, Ruth, Lois, Kathy, Becky, Donna, Sharla, Richard, and Kay.

Marti was preceded in death by: her son, Shawn Noble; brother, Gerald Evarts; parents, Alan and Dorothy Evarts; an infant great grandchild; and niece, Louise Greer.

A memorial service will be held at 1:00 p.m., Thursday, May 7, at the Cascadia Bible Church.

Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling the arrangements.