John Dempsey Noonan (1873-1947)



John Dempsey Noonan - eldest son of Denis Richard Noonan and Margaret Dempsey, was born in Perth 1873. He learned the priniting trade in Pertha nd later worked at the trade in Perth and in Utica, N.Y. where he was on the staff of the Utica State Hospital. While in utica he married Sarah Irene Burberry, who was a nurse at hte hospital and who had come from Ilfracombe, Devonshire, three years before in 1893.

In 1903 they moved to Regina, Saskatchewan, where he was on the staff of the Leader-Post for 43 years. Her was one of three founders of the Regina Typographical Union and he served the Union in every capacity from President down. he also was on the Board of the Regina Public Library for one term. During most of his years on the newspaper he worked at night and this gave him ample time for his hobbies - gardening, bee-keeping and chicken raising, as which her was most successful.

He retired in 1945 and died on May 15, 1947