Failed to report flower. Chester William " Chet " Nimitz Jr. (February 17, 1915 - January 2, 2002) was an American submarine commander in the United States Navy during World War II and the Korean War, and a businessman. Your new password must contain one or more uppercase and lowercase letters, and one or more numbers or special characters. Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES.The New York Times (U.S. Navy), WASHINGTON, March 9--Miss Catherine Vance Nimitz, daughter of Fleet Admiral and Mrs. Chester W. Nimitz, was married here this afternoon to Comdr. This was the world's first naval battle fought entirely in the air, without the carriers even sighting each other or a shot being exchanged between surface Weights: 6 Ibs. One of his favorites arrived shortly after the overwhelming US victory off the island of Truk on February 16th, 1944: Like Carrie Nation guzzling booze, when man runs over Truk, thats news! The cause of death of was not announced. He soon became an expert at undersea operations and commanded the Pearl Harbor Submarine Division. in Gordon Martel, ed. Mrs. (Catherine Vance) Nimitz. He tackled the difficult task of reducing the most powerful navy in the world to a fraction of its war-time strength while establishing and overseeing active and reserve fleets with the strength and readiness required to support national policy. An email has been sent to the person who requested the photo informing them that you have fulfilled their request, There is an open photo request for this memorial. Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems; we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions. The movie, presented on the Omni's larger-than-life giant screen, was a documentary asserting that bears - those mammoth, powerful, yet likable creatures - contribute to nature's fragile ecosystems far more than they take away. Catherine Vance Freemanwas previously married to Chester W. Nimitz(1913 - 1966). The chief of the Navy's Bureau of Navigation in 1939, Nimitz served as Chief of Naval Operations from 1945 until 1947. Try again. Chester Nimitz Jr. graduated from the US Naval Academy in 1936 and served as a submariner in the Navy until his retirement in 1957, reaching the (post-retirement) rank of rear admiral; he served as chairman of PerkinElmer from 1969 to 1980. Members of the Nimitz family gathered last night at Catherine's Wellfleet residence to remember the decorated soldier-athlete-intellectual and his dedicated wife. The JCS designated Nimitz as "Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas", with operational control over all Allied units (air, land, and sea) in that area. vessels. the extent of damage to the fleet in the Pearl Harbor attack. Live. In September 1938 he took command of Battleship Division 1, Battle Force. The family at the time consisted of: Geni requires JavaScript! Wife of Chester W. Nimitz, Fleet Admiral US Navy.Chester is interred beside her. She became chief of the music division of the Washington Public Library and was living with her sister Nancy across the hall from the senior Nimitzes in an apartment on Q Street when Pearl Harbor was attacked. We will review the memorials and decide if they should be merged. Remaining on Asiatic Station in 1907, he successively served on the gunboat Panay, destroyer Decatur, and cruiser Denver. About American Spouse Catherine Vance Freemanwas born on 22nd March, 1892 in United States and passed away on 1st Feb 1979 United States aged 86. There was an error deleting this problem. During World War II, he was in charge of assembling the. By way of a honeymoon, the young officer was assigned to study diesel engines in Germany and Belgium for a year. The family wants to thank Catherines caregivers, especially Melissa Shantz and her daughter Anna. On January 2, 2002, Chester Nimitz Jr. committed voluntary suicide with his wife Joan by ingesting a quantity of sleeping pills in their home at a retirement residence in Needham, Massachusetts. In "The Lucky Bag," the Academy year book, he was described as a man "of cheerful yesterdays and confident tomorrows.". Missouri on Sept. 2 to sign the Japanese capitulation. The family settled in Newport, Rhode Island, where Catherine worked as a librarian in the Newport school system. The change of command ceremony would normally have taken place aboard a battleship, but every battleship in Pearl Harbor had been either sunk or damaged during the attack. We have consciously, rationally, deliberately and of our own free will taken measures to end our lives today because of the physical limitations on our quality of life placed upon us by age, failing vision, osteoporosis, back and painful orthopedic problems. While waiting for United States yards to turn out the ships Are you sure that you want to remove this flower? Because of opposition in Congress the committee never functioned. From 1919 to 1920, Nimitz served in the battleship South Carolina as an executive officer. Chester W. Nimitz, (born Feb. 24, 1885, Fredericksburg, Texas, U.S.died Feb. 20, 1966, near San Francisco), commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet during World War II. Please enter your email and password to sign in. In September 1906, he was transferred to the cruiser Baltimore; on January 31, 1907, after the two years at sea as a warrant officer then required by law, he was commissioned as an ensign. The family at the time consisted of: Head Chester W Nimitz 32 Wife Catherine V Nimitz 27 Daughter Catherine V Nimitz 5 Son Chester W Nimitz, Jr 4 Daughter Anna E Nimitz 4 months "It's the toughest shot to make, and you have to submerge fast, if you miss," said Lay, whose own father was a captain in the Navy. The first major Pacific naval battle after Pearl Harbor came on May 8, 1942, in the Coral Sea. This account has been disabled. Earlier that day, the body will lie in state for 1 1/2 hours at the chapel of the Treasure Island Naval Base. On August 13, 2013, she received the Boston Post Cane from the Town of Wellfleet, an award given to its oldest living resident. After the United States declared war on Germany in April 1917, Nimitz was chief engineer of Maumee while the vessel served as a refueling ship for the first squadron of US Navy destroyers to cross the Atlantic, to take part in the war. cemeteries found within miles of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. Chester W. Nimitz and Catherine Vance Freeman were married for 52 years before Chester W. Nimitz died, leaving behind his partner and 4 children.. He was also suffering from congestive heart failure. Are you sure that you want to delete this photo? Try again later. From the 1920 federal census, Catherine V. Nimitz lived with her husband, son, and daughters at New London, New London County, Connecticut. Learn about how to make the most of a memorial. He later joined San Franciscos Bohemian Club. Two years later, he took command of Rigel and subsequently Augusta. The sponsor of a memorial may add an additional. You are only allowed to leave one flower per day for any given memorial. [9][10], Nimitz returned to the United States on board USS Ranger when that vessel was converted to a school ship, and in January 1909, began instruction in the First Submarine Flotilla. The destroyer Decatur ran aground on a mud bank in the Philippines on July 7, 1908, while under the command of Ensign Nimitz. In San Francisco, Nimitz served in the mostly ceremonial post as a special assistant to the Secretary of the Navy in the Western Sea Frontier. He was the son of U.S. Navy Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz . With the loss of the Philippines, Japan's energy supply routes from Indonesia came under direct threat, crippling their war effort. He'd said he'd read it from start to finish. It will tell you what to do." [46][47][48][49] He lies alongside his wife and his long-term friends Admiral Raymond A. Spruance, Admiral Richmond K. Turner, and Admiral Charles A. Lockwood and their wives, an arrangement made by all of them while living.[50]. This site is provided as a service of SCI Shared Resources, LLC. Wife of Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz (USN) The former commander-in-chief of the United States Pacific fleet suffered a cerebral thrombosis, or stroke, early last month. Nimitz Commissioning Ceremony in Norfolk, Virginia", "Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz Biographical Sketch", Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, "From Our Archive: The Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps by Capt. This evidence is widely credited as a reason why Dnitz was sentenced to only 10 years of imprisonment. Catherine and her three boys traveled from coast to coast during Captain Lays 30 year career in the Navy. The couple had three daughters: Catherine Vance, a music librarian; Anna Elizabeth, who worked at the RAND Corporation; and Mary Manson, who worked as a teacher and later became the president at the Dominican University of California. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 20--Admiral of the Fleet Chester W. Nimitz died today in his home here. Nimitz und seine Frau hatten vier Kinder: Catherine Vance Kate" (22. Under his supervision, Maumee conducted the first-ever underway refuelings. "I'm looking forward to the end of it," he said. Two Japanese carriers were temporarily taken out of action in the battle, which would deprive the Japanese of their use in the Midway operation that shortly followed. Nimitz's wife remained in the continental United States for the duration of the war and did not join her husband in Hawaii or Guam. She was born at the Naval Hospital in Brooklyn New York on February 22, 1914. The couple is survived by three daughters, Frances Zehmer, of Richmond, Va., Elizabeth Van Dorn of Boston and Sarah Smith of Milton five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. ! By 1938 he was a rear admiral. Chester W. Nimitz married Catherine Vance Freeman on April 9, 1913. [7], Originally, Nimitz applied to West Point in hopes of becoming an Army officer, but no appointments were available. In January 1966, he left the US Naval Hospital (Oak Knoll) in Oakland to return home to his naval quarters. . Help tell the story of your loved ones unique life. Nimitz immediately departed Washington for Hawaii and took command in a ceremony on the top deck of the submarine Grayling. By the end of 1935, he had served as assistant chief at the Bureau of Navigation as well. The Life Summary of Catherine Vance When Catherine Vance Nimitz was born on 22 February 1914, in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States, her father, Chester William Nimitz Sr., was 28 and her mother, Catharine Vance Freeman, was 21. He married Catharine Vance Freeman on 9 April 1913, in Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. Naval Academy in 1936, just two years before marrying his wife, who was educated as a dentist in Britain. In 1940, Admiral Nimitz's name was one of two submitted for the post of Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet. With Adm. Ernest King, chief of naval operations, President Roosevelt and the Navy's other strategy planners, Admiral Nimitz had to undergo the anguish of being unable to answer the cry of soldiers trapped on Bataan: When the new battleships, cruisers, carriers and destroyers did arrive, Admiral Nimitz and the Navy cleared the seas of Japanese warships in a series of spectacular naval battles. On May 13, 1972, she christened the nuclear aircraft carrier U. S. S. Nimitz (CVN-68) in Norfolk. He died on February 20, 1966 in Yerba Buena Island, San Francisco Bay, California, USA. Sister of Richard Rich Freeman and Elizabeth Emerson Freeman. Find out more about. Quickly see who the memorial is for and when they lived and died and where they are buried. Descendants. In early 1965, Nimitz suffered a stroke and died a year later at his home on February 20, 1966. You need a Find a Grave account to continue. Chester W. Nimitz was born on February 24, 1885 in Fredericksburg, Texas, USA. [9], After commanding the Atlantic Submarine Flotilla from May 1912 to March 1913, he supervised the building of diesel engines for the fleet oil tanker Maumee, under construction at the New London Ship and Engine Company, Groton, Connecticut.[11]. In the summer of 1913, Nimitz (who spoke fluent German) studied engines at the Maschinenfabrik-Augsburg-Nrnberg (M.A.N.) catherine vance nimitz Jacob se rend alors sur l'le s Search above to list available cemeteries. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 20--Admiral of the Fleet Chester W. Nimitz died today in his home here. They also had to dodge a lot of nosy paparazzi. On June 15, 1939, Nimitz was appointed Bureau of Navigations chief. He was also honoured with various titles by different nations. Please reset your password. In addition, Nimitz also arranged for the Army Air Corps to mine the Japanese ports and waterways by air with B-29 Superfortresses in a successful mission called Operation Starvation, which severely interrupted the Japanese logistics. His two happiest days were when he bought it and when he sold it.". Calif. He would have been 81 years old on Thursday. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. A graveside service and burial with military honors are scheduled for Thursday afternoon at Golden Gate National Cemetery in nearby San Bruno. Try again later. Naval engagements during the Battle of Guadalcanal left both forces severely depleted. The Lays are in Hawaii for a ceremony to commemorate the 68th anniversary of end of World War II, Sept. 2, aboard the Battleship Missouri Memorial, where a bronze statue of Adm. Nimitz will also. He eventually graduated in 1905, securing the seventh rank in a class of 114. Chester is interred beside her. It may take up to 1 hour for your comment to appear on the website, Catherine Nimitz Lay, the eldest child of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and Catherine Freeman Nimitz, died at her home on January 14 at the age of 100. "I wanted him to have the evidence.". Learn more about managing a memorial . I thought you might like to see a memorial for Catherine Vance Freeman Nimitz I found on Findagrave.com. REAR ADMIRAL CHESTER W. NIMITZ, JR., USN (Ret) Chester William Nimitz, Jr., was born in Brooklyn, New York on 17 February 1915, son of Fleet Admiral Chester William Nimitz USN, and. Found more than one record for entered Email, You need to confirm this account before you can sign in. Married 63 years and both in failing health, the couple chose to end their lives through undisclosed means at the North Hill assisted- living community in Needham. Verify and try again. [30][31][32], Nimitz became a member of the Bohemian Club of San Francisco. He received major decorations from 11 foreign countries, including the British Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath. In April 1935, Nimitz returned home for three years as assistant chief of the Bureau of Navigation, before becoming commander, Cruiser Division 2, Battle Force. They came upon a crowd of spectators and reporters outside the Japanese embassy watching the employees carting documents out to the lawn and throwing them onto a bonfire. Click here to refresh the page. Chester W. Nimitz was born on February 24, 1885, in Fredericksburg, Texas, USA, to Chester Bernhard Nimitz and Anna Josephine. Of the chance meeting of her future husband at the event for Admiral Togo, Catherine would say never pass up a good funeral! take the fight to the Japanese. During the Battle of the Coral Sea and the Battle of Midway, Nimitz faced superior Japanese forces. [23], In January 1945, Nimitz moved the headquarters of the Pacific Fleet forward from Pearl Harbor to Guam for the remainder of the war. In his early days in the Navy he commanded an assortment of obsolete minor vessels, and was much pleased when he received command Nimitz had failed to check the harbor's tide tables and tried Batangas' harbor when the water level was low, leaving Decatur stuck until the tide rose again the next morning, and she was pulled free by a small steamer. On October 5, 1945, which had been officially designated as "Nimitz Day" in Washington, D.C., Nimitz was personally presented a second Gold Star for the third award of the Navy Distinguished Service Medal by President Harry S. Truman "for exceptionally meritorious service as Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas, from June 1944 to August 1945."[26]. 1919, d. 2004) Daughter: Mary Manson ("Mary Aquinas", Dominican order, b. This page has been accessed 3,213 times. For the postwar trial of German Grand Admiral Karl Dnitz at the Nuremberg Trials in 1946, Nimitz furnished an affidavit in support of the practice of unrestricted submarine warfare, a practice that he himself had employed throughout the war in the Pacific. On February 6, 1918, Nimitz was appointed chief of staff and was awarded a Letter of Commendation for meritorious service as COMSUBLANT's chief of staff. The Freeman Family Catherine Vance Freeman Nimitz (1892-1979) was born in Massachusetts to parents Richard Freeman (1860-1940) and Mary Manson Freeman (1859-1936). In 1948, he sponsored a Bohemian dinner in honor of US Army General Mark Clark, known for his campaigns in North Africa and Italy.[33]. The email does not appear to be a valid email address. All rights reserved. He left high school to enter the Naval Academy and was not awarded his high school diploma until many years later, when he had retired from active Navy duty. [4], Nimitz married Joan Leona Labern at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 18 June 1938. Oops, we were unable to send the email. Edit a memorial you manage or suggest changes to the memorial manager. Catherine lived in 1930, at address, California. Born In: Fredericksburg, Texas, United States, children: Anna Elizabeth Nimitz, Catherine Vance Nimitz, Chester Nimitz, Jr., Mary Aquinas, place of death: San Francisco, California, United States, education: Naval War College, United States Naval Academy, awards: Officer of the Legion of Honour Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown, See the events in life of Chester W. Nimitz in Chronological Order, (American Admiral Known for His Role as Commander in Chief of US Pacific Fleet in World War II), https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chester_Nimitz-fleet-admiral.jpg, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Adm_Chester_Nimitz-1942.jpg, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:King,_Forrestal,_Nimitz_1945.jpg, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chester_Nimitz_as_CNO_(cropped).jpg, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chester_W_Nimitz_by_Buffham,_c1905.png, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MacArthur-Nimitz.jpg, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fleet_Admiral_Chester_W._Nimitz_portrait.jpg. He would have been 81 years old on Thursday. From 1940 to 1941, Nimitz worked in Virginia as President of the Army Navy Country Club. She spent her retirement reading, walking with her best friend, Peg Carter, swimming and enjoying time with her extended family. 10 oz. No memorial service is planned. [8] With her parents she returned to England at the outbreak of World War I in 1914,[9] and was raised in England. To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not alter, edit or update them. "I'd sent him a book on submarines for Christmas, and he called me on the day he died to thank me for it. ). United States Naval Academy; Naval War College; Died Feb 20, 1966 Yerba Buena Island This account already exists, but the email address still needs to be confirmed. When those squadrons came into being at his insistence, the Navy was prepared to In October 1933, he took command of the cruiser Augusta and deployed to the Far East, where in December, Augusta became the flagship of the Asiatic Fleet.