Nicholas Niles of Naples, Fla., and Westport, Mass., died after a lengthy illness Nov. 30, 2012, in Naples.
Nick was born Nov. 9, 1934, the son of Nicholas Niles and Marian Lawrence Freeman Niles of Morristown, N.J. He graduated cum laude from Princeton and then served three years with the Army Security Agency in Frankfurt, West Germany. In 1972 he earned an MBA in marketing at the University of Bridgeport.
Nick worked for the Remington Arms Co. Inc. for 12 years. He was an officer with several NYSE brokerage firms for 25 years. In 1999 he retired from A.G. Edwards & Sons Inc. in Fairfield, Conn., where he resided for 35 years. He moved to Naples in 2000 but spent summers in Westport.
In 2012 the Niles’ Guide to “Affordable” Double Barrel Shotguns in America 1875-1945, his life’s work, was published. More information can be found online.
Nick leaves his wife of 49 years, Varick Katzenbach Niles; two sons, Nicholas III and Samuel Varick Niles, and their wives; four granddaughters; a grandson; his sister, Nancy Niles Faesy; and his brothers, John Adams Niles and William Freeman Niles.