Nathan Chitty

Nathan Chitty, 49, passed away Friday March 12 while on a snow skiing vacation in Colorado.  Nathan was born on July 11, 1971 on Guam to William and Kathleen Chitty.  He moved to Jacksonville as an infant, where he lived most of his life.  He developed a love of winter sports while living in Colorado for a few years as a child and afterwards making annual trips to the Denver area.

He graduated from Stanton College Preparatory School in Jacksonville and attended Florida State University.  An early interest and college courses in different languages led to his career in computer programming, development and software architecture.  Nathan worked for Nelnet Inc., a financial services company, where he designed complex programs handling billions of dollars and communicating with a wide array of diverse connected education systems, government, and financial institutes.  His attention to detail and gentle mentoring of subordinates earned him a reputation of rarely making mistakes and being a most effective teacher.  Nathan was one of those lucky people who truly loved what he did for a living and had a burning need to do it better than anyone else.

Nathan enthusiastically pursued a wide range of interests including scuba diving, golf, snow skiing, cooking, skateboarding, boating and water sports such as slalom, wakeboard and kneeboard water skiing.  An Eagle Scout himself, he was a tireless assistant Scoutmaster while his son Nicholas was involved in Scouting, mentoring numerous other young men in addition to Nicholas, to their Eagle rank.  Nathan had an uncommonly large number of friends, gathered over the years from family, work, college and fraternity, neighbors, and Scouting.

He is survived by his son Nicholas, his parents Kathleen, Edwina, and Bill Chitty, numerous aunts, uncles and cousins.  Nathan was close to all of them and well known as the sentimental one in the family.  Services were held in Jacksonville, Florida on April 10, 2021.

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