James Alexander Noble
Born: August 28, 1887,Died October 09, 1960

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Death Certificate Dist.2701, Register No.3729, October 11,1960, Monroe County office of Vital Statistics, Westfall Rd. Rochester, New York
James Alexander Noble& Gertrude Mary Yeager, Marriage Registration, April 11,1908, 514, City Clerk, Rochester,New York
James Alexander Noble& Elsie H. Hardies, Marriage Licence, September 19, 1924, Marriage Index Vol. # 16 Reg. #46240: Records Office City of Rochester, Andrews St. Rochester, New York.Witnesses: Chester A. List & Olga Hardies List
(1)Roch. City Dir. 1907, p.666, Noble, James A.- Camera Maker,b. 65 S.Ford (2)Roch. City Dir. 1908, p.671, Noble, James A.- Camera Maker,b. 87 Pembrook (3)Roch. City Dir. 1919, p.764, Noble, James A.- Dept. Supt .333 State h. at Spencerport (4)Roch. City Dir. 1939-40, p.605, Noble, James A.- dept. head 333 State St. h. 161 Chestnuthill Dr. Irondequoit
interred October 12, 1960 in Irondequoit, Monroe Co. New York, Irondequoit Cemetery. Section: B - 187-1

Rochester Savings Bank Citizen of the Day September 11, 1953
A dinner honoring our Citizen of the Day... James A. Noble who recently began his official retirement after more than 45 years of employment at Eastman Kodak Company is planned in the immediate future. Those who know James Noble well point out that he was an executive who through general ability and technical ingenuity rose from the humble position of office boy to assistant manager of Camera Works.

Noble is credited with a number of techical developments at the Camera Works plant. These include a lacquer formulation he devised in 1914 that is still effective and in use today, a camera bellows design and bellows manufacturing equipment, and a machine to make carrying handles for photographic equipment. He believes sincerely that his contributions of technical skill not only aided Eastman Kodak, but had community wide effects because each contribution to making a better product enabled Kodak to expand in the market and thus automatically there was most stable employment and a general improvement in the economic climate of the area. He said thatone of the most rewarding aspects of his career at Kodak was the opportunity given him for the encouragement of the younger employees. He said that he had always told the young people who came to him for advise to put in for every helpful idea they could possibly find... for it all aids plant management recognition and that with him was a continuing policy and a vital part of his personal philosophy.

Noble was born in Kendall, New York and attended high school there. later through night study, he completed a New York Central course in telegraphy, served as manager of the old Pinnacle Club in Rochester and worked for a Cleveland electrical firm. At Kodak back in 1905 he began work in the Camera Works Spool department. He rose successively as foreman and department head of several departments through the years, until 1938 when he was named superintendent of process. He became superintendent of manufacturing in 1946, was named assistant manager of the plant in 1952. James A. Noble is a member of the Kodak 40 year Club, the Rochester Chamber of Commerce, and the superintendents steering committee of the Industrial Management Council. He is also director of the Baptist Temple and a member of Freemasons, Rochester Consistory, Damascus Temple Shrine and the Elks.

So with the sincere wish that his retirement years will be many and happy ones--- the Rochester Savings Bank commend.... James A. Noble our citizen of the day.

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Transcript of Death Certificate / Registration

 

Name: James A. Noble
Place of Death: St. Marys Hospital, Rochester, New York
District # 2701
Registration # 3729
Residence: 111 Valley Circle, Irondequoit, Monroe County, New York
Length in Residence where death occurred:
How long in United States if Foreign born:

 

Personal & statistical

Sex: Male
Color or Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Name of Wife: Elsie Hardies
Date of Birth: August 28, 1888
Birthplace: New York State
Age: 72
Occupation: Assistant Manager @ Eastman Kodak - Camera Works
Fathers Name: Unknown
Fathers Birthplace:
Mothers Name: Unknown
Mothers Birthplace:
Informant: Elsie Noble

Medical

Date of death: October 9, 1960
Cause of Death: Bleeding ? Ulcer
Duration of condition: 18 years
Secondary Cause: ? of small intestin
Duration:
Attended by: Hiditaki Sagawa M.D.

Other Notes

Source: Monroe County Office of Vital Statistics, Westfall Road, Rochester, New York
Place of Burial: Irondequoit Cemetery, Culver Road, Irondequoit, New York
Undertaker: Farrell Brothers Funeral Home Inc.
Address:
Burial or Transit permit issued: October 11, 1960