Rudolph Noeldechen, Gunnery School

Rudolph Warren Noeldechen was the son of Rudolph John Noeldechen and Rose Margaret Canavan. He had two siblings, Robert John Noeldechen (1919-2004) and Howard Ellsworth Noeldechen (1932-2020). He was a lifelong resident of New York. Rudolph was born on June 7, 1923 in Glendale, New York and grew up in Queens. He attended Jamaica High School. Rudolph Noeldechen served in the US Coast Guard for four years from 1942-1946 on LST 1152. He was awarded four medals for fighting in the Pacific Theater during World War II. On February 26, 1949, he married Mildred Goldstein in the Bronx, NY. Their marriage was brief, and they divorced on May 24, 1950. He also married Joan Marguerite Noeldechen-Gilroy-Walter, and they had two children together before separating in 1972. Joan Percival Walter, a New York model, fashion designer, and champion swimmer/golfer, was the mother of his twins. Later in life, he lived with Rosemary Lemke, his beloved companion. He was a funny, smart man and loved music. He joined AMSCAN in 1958, where he served as their Territorial Manager in NYC and Long Island for forty years. Rudolph Noeldechen died on his mother’s birthday, June 10, 2015 and is buried next to his infant son Warren Paul Noeldechen in Pinelawn Cemetery in New York.