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Maureen lit a candle
Sunday, December 12, 2021
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Yesterday I met Mason, John's granson, with John's son Michael. Soon to be 6yrs old...such a beautiful child. As is Michael. John and I were a couple from the summer of 2001, right before 9/11. I was fortunate to spend time with John in his sober years. He was bigger than life itself, yet silent, kind, gentle, strong,loyal and " "dont screw with me sort of guy". Your Mother once said," you'll never know what's on John's mind". She 2as right.
He helped me care for my aging Father with humor, kindness and a gentleness I will cherish and never forget. I loved mtg. his family and both parents who were still alive. I was honored to attend the famous Family Reunions a few times and Kathy's wedding to Bill. Sorry, Ed, that I never met you although I was told by John you were " The Family Rock"...(after your parents, of course)❤ Your Eulogy was perfect and captured John's spirit true. I think of him and his family often. So sorry foryour loss,please, " give my love to all"❤
Maureen
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Maritime75@cox.net Posted Jun 4, 2023 at 8:43 AM
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Tuesday, October 3, 2017
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Tuesday, October 3, 2017
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Michael. Nanartowich lit a candle
Friday, October 21, 2016
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Gerard Dailey posted a condolence
Saturday, April 2, 2016
I worked with John at Moran Towing. He was a very easy going man, always willing and ready to help his crewmates. John and I worked on the Turecamo Boys together. We both spent many hours near Ground Zero, helping move the materials required for the rescue efforts there those first few days. He was a very tough man, and I never heard a single complaint from him, about anything. John was the kind of man one would want to have nearby in an emergency, and he did indeed comfort the survivors who made the trip from Lower Manhattan to Hoboken that day. There were about a thousand of them. He was also a great storyteller. We talked about motorcycles and workboats alot. My condolences his his family and friends.
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Gerard Dailey posted a condolence
Saturday, April 2, 2016
I worked with John at Moran Towing. He was a very easy going man, always willing and ready to help his crewmates. He was also a great storyteller. We talked about motorcycles and workboats alot. My condolences to his family and friends.
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Edward Nanartowich posted a condolence
Wednesday, March 30, 2016
Here is excerpts from John's eulogy in Highland Falls delivered by Ed Nanartowich:
John was many things to us, but a common thread among all of us is that we agree that he was a complex man, and one whom we all loved.
I have been thinking a lot of John in the last few years, and I want to focus on what is good, humorous, and maybe a little bit of what is the essence of his character, underneath flaws that all of us have in large and small portions, but flaws that sometimes make it hard to see the good in all of us, and the good that resided in John.
John was patriotic. When John was a young boy he was commissioned to blow the bugle every morning for revelry for retired Major Rathke, a block up the hill behind our house. He did it faithfully for I don’t know how long, and did it well, and made that old man proud to be conducting a patriotic ceremony with a young bugler from down the road who had as much passion for the job as the Major did for the act.
In his prime, John had a reputation as a tremendously strong arm wrestler. An unbeatable foe when he was in top physical condition. John stepped into life when the opportunity presented itself.
Back in ’83 I had a boat we took on the Hudson River quite a few times to do some water skiing. John got the hang of it early on and after a few days he was pretty proficient on two skis. Well one day John was on the inside of a turn and crossed the wake to the outside as the boat made a sharp swing. John accelerated from 30 mph to close to 70 mph and at the height of the acceleration wiped out dramatically; cartwheeling over the top of the water which felt like concrete; tearing his shorts to shreds, and injuring parts of his body that his shorts kept hidden from view, until his speed lessened and the water softened its assault on him and he lay floating in the tranquility that surrounded him. Back on the boat the carnage that was his shorts was impressive, and undeterred, and with new shorts.. Back in he went for another go.
Snow skiing was a different matter altogether. John had no finesse on the slopes, or with skies latched to his feet. Nevertheless, I took him and our brother Mike out to Colorado to Winter Park, and we promptly got on the chairlift which dropped us off 11 or 12 thousand feet above sea level. So we all gingerly negotiated ourselves down the mountain. On the second trip up, we felt a lot more confident about our newly acquired skills, and by the time we got to the top of the mountain we were supremely confident for some obscure reason. At 12,000 feet the thin air has a big effect on you.
I was taking it easy about halfway down the mountain and skating with my skis on a logging or access road cut into the side of the slope with a the upward slope on my right and the downhill slope on my left. If that road was not there you would just have a continuous slope. Well off to my right I hear a war-hoop and none other than John comes screaming down the slope, flying over the road in front of me, landing nicely on the downslope, and proceeding straight down the mountain at blinding speed leaving a glassy path behind him among otherwise graceful curved paths left by those who could actually ski. John never fell and he was out of sight to determine how he stopped. But he was stoked and loving this sport for what it was. His zest for a challenge was evident.
You may not know, but John took on a new challenge working for Maritime school up until his last days. It was a new challenge, and something he never did before. In the beginning he said (paraphrasing a bit) “you want me to do what? You are going to have to teach me how!”
This is what John was doing for my school in Norfolk Virginia. Sherri gave him a lot of help (thank you Sherri), and during the learning process he was pretty explicit on what he did not know, but learned enough to be able to elevate our activity levels by 10% over the course of nearly a year.
He took a new challenge in this job. He got really good at pushing our brand. He was effective and we were happy to chart his progress and the school will miss him as part of the team.
During 9/11 John happened to be in NYC working on a tugboat on the Jersey side. In the aftermath of that terrorist attack John helped evacuate New Yorkers from the city to the Jersey side. It was non-stop arduous work to accomplish the evacuation safely, and John was given a significant commendation for his efforts and the compassion he showed for the victims he comforted during that exodus. I know he was proud of his actions then as we are proud of John now.
John was compassionate.
When our mother, John’s mother, was in her last days, John would read passages from the bible to her, at her bedside. He did this simple, holy act on his own because he understood the woman that lay before him.
I think John understood many of us with a depth of perception that we may not readily give him credit for. But his simple kind acts, such as that singular act for Mom, gives us and insight into the man’s inherent character.
The good side of John was laid bare in his attention to the wishes of his mother; a wish that our mother could not verbalize because of her condition, but just something John understood.
John had great potential, and a kind heart and a sensitive soul unlike any other I have known.
I’ve talked with him frequently over the last five years making up for the many decades I spent at sea that made it hard to have a face to face talk. He always finished up with “give my love to all”. A comment I will always remember for its greater meaning.
John’s demons are behind him now but the good that was in John is what we honor today, and what we should recall often with fondness.
To Nicole, John watched from a distance at your accomplishments and was impressed and he was happy you were with a very good family.
To Michael, your impending fatherhood was a point of pride with your father. I know he was proud of everything you have accomplished.
That is why I say John was many things to us, but a common thread among all of us is that we agree that he was a complex man, and one whom we all loved.
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Joe Barna lit a candle
Sunday, January 24, 2016
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RIP Nardy
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Jan Sheldon Conley posted a condolence
Friday, December 18, 2015
To all of the Nardys; I send my deepest condolences. John was a very special man and will be sorely missed by many people. God bless you all during this difficult time and always. Love, Jan
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Bird Vacek posted a condolence
Sunday, December 13, 2015
Sorry for your loss,John was a kind person...will miss him.....
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Steve lit a candle
Saturday, December 12, 2015
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Rest in peace John ...
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Saturday, December 5, 2015
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