Timothy Lynn Niggle

Timothy L. Niggle died Saturday evening December 23, 2023. Born in Bloomington November 2, 1950 to Lt. Col. Harry T. And Patricia Niggle. Survived by his wife of 51 years Karen Thickstun Niggle, siblings Philip (Lourdes) Niggle, Gregory (Linda) Niggle, Laura Plunkett, nieces, nephews and many friends. Preceded in death by his parents and grandparents John and Dolly Niggle and Chester and Stella Cecil. He met Karen in 1969 when her grandmother invited his grandmother to Easter dinner. Tim was living with his grandmother as an IU freshman. Karen had come from Ohio with her family. When leaving, Tim gave cheek kisses to Karen's grandmother, mother and Karen as her grandfather loudly whispered that he was "petting the cows to get at the calf." Educated in five US states plus Misawa, Japan and Lima, Peru, he was a person who maintained friendships for a lifetime. He never missed a chance to meet FDR American School of Lima classmates, joyously attending reunions large and small whenever and wherever someone organized a get together. At Indiana University he earned a BA in political science with social science teaching certification, an MA in history and philosophy of education, and an MA in adult education. He was ABD in adult education with minors in law and in higher education when IU closed that graduate program so he switched to Higher Education to complete his doctorate. He earned an IU Lieber Memorial Outstanding Teaching Award for "Teaching in a Pluralistic Society." After graduation he taught at University of Hawaii Hilo and Southeast Missouri State University before returning to IU as Assistant Professor part-time and Director of Student Information Management Services. He retired in 2015. He also served as Assistant Superintendent of Cape Girardeau, Missouri Public Schools, and Title IX Specialist for the Great Lakes federal region desegregation assistance center. He served several years as President of Alpha Chapter of the Phi Delta Kappa professional educators' organization. Tim was "woke" before that term came into contemporary usage, commiting himself to improving equity in education, especially sex equity and multiculturalism, even at personal sacrifice. He was a giver, not a taker, and lived a life of integrity, honesty, loyalty and generosity. He will be cremated and interred at Knightridge Cemetery, Bloomington. A memorial event will be scheduled at a later date.

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Timothy Lynn Niggle

November 2, 1950 - December 23, 2023