James Nolan Obituary

Nolan, James W. "Jim" Age 88, of Park Ridge. Beloved husband of Martha "Marty" (nee Morehouse); loving father of Brian (Susan), Barry, Kathryn (Leslie) Peterson, Corey (Kathy) and Teresa (Robert) Bartlett; devoted grandfather of Robert, Jennifer, Justin, Dana, Jarius, Lukus, Nick and George and great-grandfather of 4. Funeral Tuesday, October 13, 11:00 a.m. at Ryan-Parke Funeral Home, 120 S. Northwest Hwy., Park Ridge. Interment Town of Maine Cemetery. Visitation Monday, October 12, 4:00-8:00 p.m. Memorials to the Park Ridge Community Church or Avenues to Independence appreciated. He received his BS in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University in 1950. In 1962 he founded the James W. Nolan Company, Park Ridge, IL, retiring in 1998. The company specialized in design/application/sales of pumps and related equipment for Water Supply Systems for Fire Protection and Domestic Water Supply, Fire Pump Application Field. Became a National Fire Protection Association and Society of Fire Protection Engineers. Active in the NFPA, chairman of NFPA Pamphlet No.14, Standpipe and Hose Systems, and a member since 1965 of NFPA Pamphlet No. 20, Centrifugal Fire Pumps. Served as a member of the NFPA Advisory Council. As a member of the Chicago Chapter of the Society of Fire Protection since 1955, he served in various capacities, becoming President of the Chapter in 1963 and becoming the 12th National President in 1973. He received several awards including: Joseph B. Finnegan Award in 1975, In 1978 he was made member of the Salamander Honorary Fire Protection Engineering Society, he went on to receive the Lew Freeman Service Award in 1980, the NFPA Committee Service Award in 1990 and the National Harold E. Nelson Service Award in 1994. Locally, he worked as a member of Mayor Richard Daley's Blue Ribbon Jury to investigate the cause of the McCormick Place Fire in 1967. Contribution resulted in Commission member status to the Mayor's City of Chicago Building Code Amendments Group from 1968 to 1994. Now retired, along with his wife, Marty, he resided in Park Ridge, IL and served as consultant to Aquarius Fluid Products, Inc. Funeral information, www.ryan-parke.com