Lindemann Howard C. Lindemann, 105, of Heath Village, Hackettstown, NJ passed away peacefully on Saturday, November 12, 2016. He is predeceased by his parents, Helen and Henry O. Lindemann, his sister Eleanor Pearson, his nephew John Pearson and his beloved wife Elinor Lindemann (nee Coe). He is survived by his loving family: daughter Barbara Kluthe (Robert), grand-daughter Laura Iwanski (Joseph), grandson Douglas Kluthe, great granddaughter Christina Iwanski, great grandson Maximilian Iwanski, nieces Cynthia Berg and Joan Grainger, nephew Phelps Pearson, and grand-nephews Christopher Berg and Eric Berg, Seth and Jeremiah Pearson and grand-nieces Amanda and Lindsay Pearson. Howard was born on Pommer Avenue on Staten Island in 1911 and his family moved to Eddy Street just before the First World War. A 1928 graduate of The Staten Island Academy (SIA), where he played football and tennis, Howard was SIA’s oldest living graduate. He went on to Lafayette College, where he studied Physics and Chemistry. In 1931, he participated in the 150th anniversary mock-battle of Yorktown, in which he performed the role of Baron von Steuben, riding horseback on Fisher Field. He was a graduating member of the college’s 100th graduating class of 1932, and was Lafayette’s oldest living graduate. He went on to receive his Masters Degree in Optical Physics and Chemistry from Cornell University in 1934. After graduation, during the Depression, he worked for Mann Instrument Company at Harvard University and constructed measuring equipment for the National Bureau of Standards, including the anemometer that measured the world’s highest wind velocity (210 mi/hr) upon the summit of Mt. Washington in New Hampshire. He worked for the National Electric Instrument Company on Long Island in the years prior to the second World War. Although qualified for an Army commission at the start of the war, he was deferred due to the critical nature of his work in setting up optics that were used on B-17 bomb-sights, binoculars, and medical instruments. National Electric was one of the most important optical manufacturers of the war. In 1949, Howard started Lindly & Co. in Mineola, NY and was the President and Chairman of the Board of Directors. They made optical and technical equipment for illuminated microscopes, designed a unique machine to make large drawings of small objects, designed equipment for textile quality control, developed a yarn inspector to detect defects such as slubs and broken filaments in multi-filament nylon line, and acetate material used in the medical field. At one point in time, all American suture and tire cord material was inspected by Lindly Inspection Machines. His other patents included the Narrow Material Inspector, the Electro Tense, and the Scan Inspector. Lindly was the first company to design such equipment and they had sales all over Europe. He sold the company in 1998. In 1953 he married fellow ski-enthusiast Elinor Coe and moved to Westbury, L.I. He was a member of the L.I. Ski Club. He later became a member of the 70+, 80+, and 90+ Ski Clubs. He skied his last time at the age of 94, with his great-granddaughter at Shawnee in Pennsylvania. In 1965 he drew up plans for a log cabin in Phoenicia, NY, and eventually oversaw the construction of the structure. His family continues to enjoy fishing and skiing there. Inspired by Howard, they have acquired a deep and abiding love of the Catskill region. In 1998 he retired and moved with wife Elinor to Heath Village in Hackettstown, NJ, where he was able to continue his love of gardening, hiking, fishing, carpentry, and skiing. His beloved wife Elinor passed away in 2005 after a long and happy marriage of 52 years. Howard was a wonderful man; kind, wise, admired and loved by all who were fortunate enough to know him. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, December 10 at 2:00 PM at Heath Village in Washington Township, NJ, conducted by Trinity United Methodist Church, Hackettstown. Interment will be private at the Moravian Cemetery on Staten Island, NY., at the convenience of the family. Arrangements are by Cochran Funeral Home Inc. 905 High St., Hackettstown, NJ. Memorial donations may be made to: The Jerry Bartlett Memorial Angling Collection (www.catskillanglingcollection.org) Phoenicia Library PO Box 222 Shandaken, NY 12480 New England Ski Museum (www.newenglandskimuseum.org) PO Box 267, Franconia, NH 03580 (603)823-7177.
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