
ASU remembers
Adele Nelson Noble
Wife of Frank Noble, Professor

June 10, 2019
Adele Nelson Noble, 90, passed away on June 10, 2019. Adele attended Northern Illinois University, where she met and married Frank C. Noble. He became a professor at George Peabody College for Teachers in Nashville, TN, where the couple were active in the Civil Rights Movement of the early 1960s. Adele earned a master's degree in library science at Peabody. The family moved to Tempe in 1971 when Frank became a professor at ASU and Adele commenced a twenty-year career at Tempe Public Library, where she was chief cataloging librarian. Her husband, Frank, and a daughter preceded her in death. She is survived by a son. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Tempe Public Library. (Source: Arizona Republic)