Clarence Noon a former business rep for the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades District Council 55 and later Council 5, passed away Feb. 25 in Keizer, Oregon. He was 81.
Noon held a degree in physics and was a math teacher before going into commercial painting and joining Salem-based Painters and Tapers Local 724 (which has since merged into Painters Local 10). He was president of the local and was hired as a business rep by the District Council. He served in that capacity until retiring in 2001 at age 62.
Clarence Clyde Noon was born Sept. 26, 1939 in Alliance, Nebraska. After graduating from Hemmingford High School in 1957, he joined the Navy and held the rank of Electricians Mate 1st Class.