Submitted by: Dan Rich

Robert J. Noble

Nov. 25, 1913 - Jan. 24, 1999

South Bend Tribune 1/28/1999

Robert J. Noble, 85, of Chester Street, South Bend, Ind., died following an illness at 3:20 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 24, in Memorial Hospital. Mr. Noble was born on Nov. 25, 1913, in Woonsocket, S.D., to Ralph and Iva (Staley) Noble, and had lived in Rapid City, S.D., and Decatur, Ill., prior to moving to South Bend in 1960.

On Nov. 9, 1946 in Pierre, S.D., he married Harriet Stakke, who survives. He is also survived by two sons, Jeffrey R. (Joan) Noble of Naples, Fla., and Gregory C. Noble of South Bend; four granddaughters, Hillary and Sydney Noble, both of Naples, and Angela and Emily Noble, both of South Bend; a sister, Alida Lindaman of Visalia, Calif.

He retired in 1980 from Cole and Associates as a civil engineer in the Sanitary Engineering Department and had worked at Lawson-Fisher Associates until Christmas of 1998. He was also employed in the Civil Corps of Engineers from 1940 to 1945. Mr. Noble was a member of Grace United Methodist Church, Council Oak Lodge #745 F & AM, Royal Arch Masons, Chapter 29, Knights Templar Commandry 13, South Bend Council #82 Royal and Select Masons, Scottish Rite Valley of South Bend, Orak Shine of Michigan City, South Bend Shrine Club, Shrine Band, Elks Lodge #235, South Bend Lions Club, and was a life member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the American Water Works Association.

Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday in Grace United Methodist, 3012 S. Twyckenham Drive, with Rev. Amy Covington officiating. Cremation will take place at the Michiana Crematory. Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. today in the Welsheimer Funeral Home, 521 N. William Street. Memorial contributions may be made to Shriners Hospitals for Children, 2211 North Oak Park Avenue, Chicago, Ill 60707; or to the Grace United Methodist Church.