TEWKSBURY: David John Hinckley 61, entered heaven after a brief illness in Phoenix AZ February 25th 2020, David was the ex-husband of Paula Oriley who predeceased him.
David and Paula had two Daughters Jessica and Jillian, and a Grandson Jude whom David adored.
Although they couldn’t live together Paula was the love of David’s life. They where also foster parents to several Foster children, David was also like a Dad to many of his daughters friends and neighborhood children as he had a true love of children and loved to help anyone he could.
He was the eldest son of David H Hinckley Jr. of Tewksbury and Nancy Peters Spies of Oklahoma. He is also survived by three brothers Don, Wayne and Stephen; two step brothers Jim and John McCoy; three step sisters Laura McCoy, Amanda McKinnis and Megan Murphy; several cousins as well as nieces and nephews that loved Uncle David.
David was a 1976 graduate of Shawsheen Tech in Billerica where he was in the carpentry shop. He followed in the family vocation of carpentry work and was a very skilled craftsman able to frame the most complicated of homes to doing fine finish work.
David was also a lover of the outdoors, camping, hunting and fishing, and was also an avid archer and a member of the Tyngsboro Sportsman Club.
Services for Dave will be held at a later date to be announced.
In leu of flowers a donation can be made in David’s name to the Massachusetts Wonderfund, Inc. 600 Washington St. 6Th Floor Boston, MA 02111.