Obituary of Homer Lydick

On March 15, 2012 at the age of 87. He is survived by his loving wife of 63 years, Sally Lydick; children, Patricia Lydick and Barry (Deb) Lydick; grandchildren, Paula Giardino, Beth Donnelly, Nicole Lydick & Allan Donnelly; great grandchildren, Allanah Giardino and Taylor Gray; his sister, Ruth Moore of Indiana, PA. He was a Veteran of WWII and the Korean War. He was a graduate of RIT, worked for Eastman Kodak as a Chemical Engineer for 36 years. A Memorial Service will be celebrated at 4:00 PM on Saturday March 24, 2012 at the First Congregational UCC (White Church), 65 Church Street, Spencerport, NY 14559. Interment in Fairfield Cemetery will be held privately. Those wishing to send expressions of sympathy, please consider First Congregational UCC "Building Fund" or a charity of your choice. Dwight was a very talented man. He was a brilliant restorator of a Model T car. He did beautiful workmanship of stain glass art. He designed and made lamps and framed window stain glass designs. He was always busy. He worked very hard at landscaping his back yard, it was beautiful. He built in his garage, a second floor where he kept his Model T's, where he could work on them. Dwight handed down to his daughter, Pat, the amazing ability of landscaping. He handed down to his son, Barry, the special craftsmanship of wood working. He so enjoyed fishing. When he brought home his catch, he built a deepfrier in the driveway and cooked the best fish fries. He loved his grandchildren. He loved his german shepherd, Pepsi, and she him. Homer Dwight Lydick was born in Indiana, Pa to parents Homer and Vernie Lydick. At a young age in order to buy a bicycle, he bought the Gazette for a penny and sold them for 2 cents. One of his customers was the home of Jimmy Stewart. Later in high school he worked for Huey's Grocery Store, sweeping and stocking shelves. Graduated at age 17, he was to young to enlist in the Marine Air Corp, so he went to a trade school in York, Pa, making machine parts for the military. On his 18th birthday, he enlisted in the USMAC and was sent to meteorology school, after completeing his training, he taught the Marine pilots how to read weather patterns, and one of his students was Tyrone Power, (remember him?). After his discharge he enrolled at Rochester Institute of Technology, majoring in Physics. He worked part time at Kodak. In 1948 he took time off to get married. After graduating from RIT, he started night school at the U of R. Uncle Sam had a different plan for him, he was recalled for duty in 1950 during the Korean War. This time he was forecasting the weather from the tower at Cherry Point, NC Airfield, and staying on duty during a hurricane. Upon release in 1951, he returned to work for Kodak. He was instrumental in the development of the Semi Conductor for "Simiconductor Equipment and Material Institute" (SEM). Dwight retired from Kodak in 1983, he spent time fishing, volunteering at his church, making stain glass windows and lamps, carving, and he was an avid reader. He was loving and well loved. Dwight was an amazing man and he will be greatly missed.