Mr. Robert F. Dimicco passed away Sunday, December 13, 2020 at 5 am in The Villages, FL. He was born on February 25, 1930 in Olean, NY and is the son of the late Frank Dimicco and Marjorie Braun. He was preceded in death by his parents, three sisters: Katherine Shields, Constance Kehoe and Lois Kessler; and twin brother, Richard.
He served in the U.S. Navy from 1951-1955 and was assigned to the USS Taconic during the Korean War. He graduated from Olean High School in 1947 and from St Bonaventure with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and Accounting in 1961. Taking mostly night classes while working at the First National Bank of Olean, he earned his Master’s Degree in Educational Administration from St. Bonaventure in 1970. While working at the bank, he met his wife, Nancy Rhae Patterson, of Bolivar, NY and they were married on November 26, 1960. He worked as the Credit Manager at St. Francis Hospital in Olean and in sales at Burroughs Corporation. He was a Business Teacher at Olean High School from 1962-1966, served on the Olean Community Improvement Board in 1964 and was Republican Supervisor of Ward 4, Olean, NY in 1965. He was the Business and Vocational Teacher at Cattaraugus BOCES from 1966-1968. During his time in Olean, he was active in the community having served as the Olean Junior Varsity Football Coach, Olean High School Freshman Basketball Coach and St. Bonaventure Men’s Basketball timekeeper. He served as Treasurer of the New York State Jaycees and was active in numerous educational associations and Muscular Dystrophy. He was an avid Buffalo Bills fan.
From 1968-1970, he was the High School Principal at Newfield, NY Central School and then became the Principal at Harpursville, NY High School until 1977. He went on to become the Principal and Superintendent at Chautauqua Central School in Chautauqua, NY where he remained until his retirement in June of 1990. During his time in the Chautauqua area, he was active in the community as a member of the Veterans’ of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post and the American Legion in Mayville, NY. He also was a member of the Chautauqua Fire Department and area United Way, served as Director of the Mayville-Chautauqua Lion’s Club, was on the N.Y. State Council of Superintendents and served as President, Vice President and Secretary/Treasurer of the Chautauqua County Council of Superintendents.
He was a member of St Timothy’s Catholic Church in the Villages where he was an usher for 18 years as well as a reader. While living in Nineveh, NY he was a member of St Agnes Catholic Church in Afton, NY. In Chautauqua, NY, he was a member of and lector at St Mary’s Catholic Church in Mayville, NY.
He is survived by his wife of sixty years, Nancy (Patterson); his son Robert and wife Cathy (Vargas) of Saratoga, CA, granddaughters Kimberly (fiance Joe) and Kara; his son David of The Villages; his son Richard and Eileen (Reichert) of Charleston, SC, grandson Dominik and granddaughter Brianna; and his son Daniel and Ann (Martin) of Las Vegas, NV, granddaughter Abby and grandson Alex; his brother-in-law Paul Patterson (Palm Bay, FL); nieces Martha Kessler-Huckins, Marjorie Kessler-French, Kris Shields, and nephews Kevin Kehoe, Daniel Kehoe, Kip Shields.
The family will receive friends and visitors at Hiers-Baxley Funeral Home, 3975 Wedgewood Lane, The Villages, FL 32162 on Saturday, December 19th, 2020 from 1-3 pm (masks are required inside the funeral home). There will be a funeral mass at St. Timothy’s Catholic Church in The Villages, FL on Monday, December 21st at 8:30 am. Burial will be at Chautauqua Cemetery in NY at a future date.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Villages Honor Flight at https://www.villageshonorflight.org/ or contact Robert Hempel at 727-483-0604.
