Richard Miles Kimm

Richard Miles “Dick” Kimm (USNRet) son of Colonel Virgil Kimm (USA) and Margaret Furey Kimm, born at Fort Monroe, Virginia in 1938, died Sunday, September 7, 2014 at Richard Campbell Veterans’ Nursing Home in Belton, SC following a long and brave struggle with Lewy Body Dementia.


Kimm graduated from the University of Connecticut in 1959 with a degree in business administration, and immediately entered the US Navy, beginning his 50 year career in aviation. He was a Naval Aviator, serving 20 years. In the private sector, Mr. Kimm worked for Eastern Airlines, Atlantic Aviation, Flight Safety International, Page Avjet, Southern Jet Aviation, Pacific Jet Aviation at Clark Air Force Base in Papanga, Philippines, and Universal Weather and Aviation; His final billet was as a consultant to Air Service Hawaii, headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaii.


Dick remained grounded at home with his border collies, his old cars, his tractor, his farm, his family and friends. Along with his wife, Karen, he was a founder of Phoenix Rising Border Collie Rescue of South Carolina. He was active in Simpsonville Rotary Club, managed a softball team in the Greenville Rec league, was an avid tennis player, the oldest lunchtime basketball player
at the Greenville YMCA, and was a member of the American Legion and VFW. He is survived by his wife, Karen Baker, two daughters, Melissa of Fountain Inn, and Susan of Wilmington, Delaware, a son Michael of Clearwater, Florida, and stepson Sean Baker and his wife Janet, of Greenville, SC; four grandchildren, Patrick and Katie Kimm, and Trevor and Emily Gentry, and former wife, Patricia, of Bradenton Florida.


Burial will be Arlington National Cemetery at a later date. Individuals wishing to make a memorial may consider Phoenix Rising Border Collie Rescue ( www.prbcr.org ) or the Lewy Body Dementia Association ( www.lbda.org ). No flowers, please.

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