Adams Hoffman Nickerson

NICKERSON-Adams Hoffman. Of New York City and Cold Spring Harbor, NY passed away on July 13 in NYC. Born in New York on February 9, 1924, he was the devoted husband of the late Virginia Moffat Nickerson and the loving brother of the late Schuyler H. Nickerson and Judge Eugene H. Nickerson. He is survived by his brothers William H. Nickerson of Greenwich, CT, Martinus H. Nickerson of Bellingham, WA, four step-children, Douglas Bateson, Rosina Barker, Emily Bateson and William Bateson, and six grandchildren. He was the son of the late Hoffman Nickerson and Ruth Comstock Nickerson. He was a graduate of St. Bernard's School (NYC), Saint Mark's School (Southboro, MA) and Harvard University (1946). He was a member of the Saint Nicholas Society, and the Holland Lodge. He was an enthusiastic squash player at the Racquet and Tennis Club and the Union Club in NYC and at Piping Rock Club in Locust Valley, NY. He was active in the NY real estate industry, first with firm of Albert B. Ashforth, Inc. and later as President of Eugene A. Hoffman Management, Inc. He also served as the Chairman of the Young Men's/Women's Real Estate Association. Services will be held on Saturday, July 17 at 3pm at St. John's Church, Cold Spring Harbor, NY. In lieu of flowers the family has requested that donations be sent to the Children's Aid Society.