[NFBWATLK] Mark Noble

[Les Fitzpatrick]

I went to school witnh Mark at the Oklahoma school for the blind, but I
didn't know him very well, he was a few years younger than me. I am sorry to
hear of his death but I am very glad to hear all about his life since I saw
him last in 1969. Thanks for that.

Les Fitzpatrick

Piano Technician
Ham Call Sign: K5FPT

-----Original Message-----
From: NFBWATLK [mailto:nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Kevin
LaRose via NFBWATLK
Sent: Friday, October 12, 2018 10:06 AM
To: NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List
Cc: Kevin LaRose; Nightingale, Noel
Subject: Re: [NFBWATLK] Mark Noble

This is a shock. I worked with him for many years, and we had reconnected
within the past year. I was actually in the process of figuring out the
logistics of going down to Austin to visit him. God speed, my friend.

Kevin LaRose
Anderson, IN
Email: kl1964 at icloud.com

On Oct 12, 2018, at 12:01 PM, Nightingale, Noel via NFBWATLK
<nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

NFB of Washington,

I am sad to report that Mark Noble died yesterday, where he lived in Austin,
Texas.  In the last couple decades, Mark was a president of the Greater
Seattle Chapter and member of the NFB of Washington board of directors.
Mark also memorably served as the chair of the Department of Services for
the Blind's state rehabilitation council where his leadership stirred DSB to
change the unacceptable Orientation and Training Center student dorm that
was rented from the Lions on S. Ferdinand Street in the Columbia city
neighborhood in Seattle to rental apartments.  Mark had remarked at an SRC
meeting that, if he had been a newly blinded OTC student and had to live in
the dorm, he would have killed himself.
Dan Frye,  correct me if I am wrong, but I believe that Mark served on the
DSB task force that you chaired whose recommendations caused a revamp of the
OTC, from the residential housing to the classes to a requirement that new
DSB staff members undergo significant sleep shade training at the OTC before
starting their jobs.  Many of those changes have since been reversed, but
there was a time when the OTC had what appeared to be a model program.

Mark was a charismatic member of our affiliate.  For one thing, Mark and his
wife, Debbie who has since died, threw lively parties at their home for the
chapter.   Mark could also make difficult situations easier with his
tremendous sense of humor.

Mark died of pancreatic cancer.  Dan Frye was able to visit him in Austin a
few weeks ago, and I hope that Dan will find time to share his memories of
Mark with us as Mark served as a form of a big brother for Dan.

When Mark left Washington to work for the Social Security Administration in
Texas, it was a real loss for our affiliate.

Noel

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