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MOST WATCHED STATION.
THIS IS WCCO 4 NEWS .
A FAMILY OWNED BUSINESS IN
ST. PAUL HAS CLOSED FOR GOOD
AFTER THE DEATH OF ONE OF THE
OWNERS.
BRUCE WORKED SEVEN DAYS A
WEEK.
HE NEVER COMPLAINED.
HE WALKS WITH A LIMP, BUT IT
DID NOT STOP HIM FROM DOING
ANYTHING.
HIS WIFE CAROL WAS HIS
BUSINESS PARTNER.
THIS WEEK ANGELA DAVIS SHOWS US
HOW FAMILY AND CUSTOMERS ARE
REMEMBERING BRUCE.
IT IS A CHILDHOOD MEMORY
SHARED IN ST. PAUL WALKING UP
TO THE WINDOW OF THE DAIRY
QUEEN BEING CREATED BY BRUCE
NOYES .
I JUST LOVED TALKING TO HIM.
WHO IS INTERESTED IN EVERYTHING
THAT WE HAD TO SAY .
Reporter: CAROL NOYES
MARRIED BRUCE IN 1977.
HE SAID I WERE THE SAME
SWEATER ALL OF THE TIME SO HE
FIGURED I WAS A FEW TOTAL --
FRUGAL WOMEN .
Reporter: THEY TOOK OVER THE
BUSINESS HER FATHER STARTED
CARRYING ON THE TRADITION OF
RUNNING THIS DAIRY QUEEN FOR
ANOTHER 37 YEARS.
IT WAS GREAT.
WE SPENT 24 HOURS A DAY WITH
EACH OTHER.
WE VERY SELDOM THOUGHT .
Reporter: ALL WHILE RAISING
FIVE CHILDREN.
WE ALWAYS CALLED TO PUT IN
OUR ORDERS FOR THE DAY.
HE WOULD COME HOME WITH CHICKEN
TENDERS AND FRIES AND ICE
CREAM.
IT WAS AWESOME.
Reporter: KELSEY REMEMBERS
WORKING ALONGSIDE HER DAD
DURING MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH
SCHOOL.
HE WOULD JUST HAVE ME DO ODD
JOBS.
Reporter: BRUCE LOVES
HAWAII.
IT IS THE ONE PLACE THAT WE
ACTUALLY RELAXED .
Reporter: WHEN IT WAS CLOSED
THE ENTIRE FAMILY TOOK TRIPS TO
HAWAII.
WE HAD TALKED ABOUT MAYBE
GETTING A PLACE THERE.
Reporter: ANGELA DAVIS, WCCO
4 NEWS .
BRUCE NOYES WAS 71 WHEN HE
DIED IN MARCH.
