Howard Nimick

1027 - 2018

Nimick, Howard
Dec 22. 1027 - Feb 11, 2018
Howard Tyson Nimick, 90, of Venice, FL (formerly of the Harrisburg, PA area) died peacefully on Sunday, February 11, 2018 at Manor Care in Venice.
He was born December 22, 1927 in Pittsburgh, PA the son of Alexander Nimick of Pittsburgh, PA and Martha Kaiser Levering of Baltimore, MD. He grew up in Sewickley, PA and attended the Sewickley Academy. Howard graduated from Kent School in Kent, CT in 1946. He attended Yale University until his father died and he returned to Sewickley to be supportive of his mother and received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Pittsburgh where he was elected to Sigma Tau Honorary Engineering Society.
He served in the US Army Reserves from 1950 to 1954 when he married Sally McKnight and moved to York, PA where they raised their daughter Karry and a son Robby who died of leukemia at age 5.
In 1955 Howard was employed by York Corporation (a division of Borg Warner Corporation) to help document the early acceptance of "heat pump" systems. Five years later he joined a small plastic foam company in Central Pennsylvania that manufactured items for personal protection, packaging and insulation for solar heated residences. He was elected a Director and Vice President and Secretary-Treasurer of the company during his tenure.
During his working years he was active in York Little Theater and the York YMCA. He was selected as a Central Pennsylvania delegate to the 1964 International YMCA Convention in Copenhagen, Denmark. This began his desire for many later foreign travels and hosting a Swiss Foreign Exchange Student.
After a divorce and many single years, he remarried Ellen McAleer Eyanson in 1973 and she survives him. He is also survived by daughter, Katherine Nimick Wutka of Chesapeake, VA; step daughters, Kathryn Kelly of Camp Hill, PA; Carolyn Hamilton of Venice, FL, Marybeth Swisher of Titusville, NJ and by seven grandchildren and many nieces, nephews and cousins. He was preceded in death by his two older brothers, Webb Levering Nimick and Alex Nimick and one grandchild.
He loved family and friends and Irish humor. He helped organize many reunions at his grandparents' home on the Jersey Shore. He also organized a Western Caribbean Holland America Cruise with 28 Nimick family members.
In retirement, he enjoyed sailing, skiing and water color painting. He and Ellen moved to FL in 1992 where he volunteered at the Venice Art Center and was a former President of the Board 1999-2000. He was also a longtime member of the Bay Head Yacht Club, Bay Head Chapel and the American Legion and Yale Alumni Club.
A Memorial Service will be held at a later date at the Bay Head Chapel in New Jersey.
Memorial Contributions in his memory can be made to Venice Art Center, 390 Wokomis Ave South, Venice, FL 34285
Arrangements under the direction of The Neptune Society-Ft Myers
www.neptunesociety.com