Noble L. Robinson
July 3, 1919-Nov. 15, 2009
Noble L. Robinson, 90, of Oak Street, Niles, Michigan, died at 3:38 p.m. Sunday, November 15, 2009, in the Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, South Bend, Indiana, following an extended illness.
Mr. Robinson was born on July 3, 1919, in New Paris, Indiana, to Charles and Rilla (Brady) Robinson. He was a 1937 graduate of New Paris High School and a 1940 graduate of the International Business College of Fort Wayne, Indiana. After graduation he was first employed by the Community Finance Company of Niles, Michigan, and then moved on to Baltimore, Maryland, to work for the Social Security Board in the Chandler Building for three years before entering the United States Army in March 1943.
Noble served at Tech/Sgt. in the 652nd Tank Destroyer Battalion for three years during World War II, from March 1943 to March 1946, when he was honorably discharged.
He retired from Clark Equipment Company in Buchanan, Michigan, in February 1985 after 27 years of employment. Prior to that he was employed for 11 years with the Norton Door Closer Division of the Yale & Towne Mfg. Company in Berrien Springs, Michigan.
Mr. Robinson was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Niles where he had served as a Trustee. He was a member of American Legion Post #26 in Niles, a life member of the National Rifle Association, a member of the Southwestern Michigan Rental Housing Association and the Clark Salaried Retirees Club.
He enjoyed nature, wildlife, hunting, fishing and the outdoors in his younger days. He always enjoyed gardening and he owned some agricultural acreage which he enjoyed farming right up until the past few years.
On October 19, 1946, in Niles, he married the former Modesta DePoy, with whom he celebrated the 63rd anniversary of marriage this past October. He is survived by his wife, Modesta Robinson, and by their children, Patricia A. (Ronald) Flubacker of Barrington, Illinois; son, Doctor Michael E. (Jane) Robinson of Barrington; grandchildren, Carlin (Greg) Shiffler, Kyle Flubacker, Morgan Flubacker, Laura Robinson and Jeff Robinson; twin great-granddaughters, Emma and Lucia Shiffler; many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, and by brothers, Forrest, Harold and Chester Robinson, sisters, Cecil Robinson, Bernice Howard, Clarissa Robinson and twins, Thelma Shriner and Velma Poff.
The funeral service for Noble L. Robinson will be held Thursday, November 19, at 11 a.m. in First Presbyterian Church, with the Rev. Janet Van Lear officiating. Committal will follow at Silverbrook Cemetery in Niles and will conclude with a flag presentation and "Taps" by American Legion Post #26.
The family will receive relatives and friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today in the Halbritter Funeral Home, Niles.
Contributions in memory of Noble L. Robinson may be made to the Foundation of the First Presbyterian Church.
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