Nivin, James Edward
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WOOSTER -- James Edward Nivin, 83, of Wooster, passed away Thursday, Feb. 26, 2009, in West View Manor Nursing Home.
He was born May 23, 1925, in Bellville, Ill., son of William Winchester and Dulella (Wilhelm) Nivin.
He was a graduate of University of Michigan in 1951, with a degree in navel architecture and marine engineering.
He retired as vice president of American Commercial Barge Lines and Jeff Boat Company in Jeffersonville, Ind., after 30 years.
He served his country with the U.S. Navy and fought in the Battle of Normandy.
He was a member of Propeller Club, American Legion Post No. 68 of Wooster and was an avid sailor. He was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church.
Surviving are his daughters, Sharon Eleanor and Neil Linn Pooler of Wooster and Jody Ann and Barry Alton Riddle of Newburgh, Ind.; grandchildren, Andrea Pooler Shin, Jamie Pooler O'Neill, James Nivin Pooler, Derek Alton Riddle, Sean Nivin Pooler and Jacqueline Marie Riddle; great-grandchildren, Arianna Antionette O'Neill and Scarlet Lucille Shin.
James was preceded in death by his parents and his wife, Anna Marie Downes Nivin, on May 5, 2006, whom he married Dec. 28, 1947.
A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated Saturday, March 7, at 10 a.m. at St. Mary Catholic Church with the Rev. Stephen Moran officiating. Interment will follow in St. Mary Cemetery, Wooster.
Friends will be received at McIntire, Davis & Greene Funeral Home, 216 E. Larwill St., Wooster on Friday, March 6, from 7-9 p.m.
Contributions may be made to Hospice & Palliative Care of Greater Wayne County, 2525 Back Orrville Road, Wooster, 44691 or to St. Mary Catholic Church, P.O. Box 109, Wooster.
[Source: The (Wooster) Daily Record Obituaries, 1 March 2009]
NIVIN SERVICES
Services for James E. Nivin, 83, of Wooster, were held Saturday, with military services conducted by Wooster American Legion Post 68. Pallbearers were Neil and James Pooler, Michael O'Neill, Barry, Sean and Derek Riddle.
[Source: The Daily Record (Wooster) Obituaries, March 8, 2009]