{"id":1034,"date":"2012-07-31T12:06:58","date_gmt":"2012-07-31T12:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/?p=1034"},"modified":"2012-07-31T12:06:58","modified_gmt":"2012-07-31T12:06:58","slug":"duncan-p-hinckley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/?p=1034","title":{"rendered":"Duncan P. Hinckley"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Duncan P. \u201cDunc\u201d Hinckley, 81, of Chester, VA, formerly of Piffard, NY died Sunday, July 29, 2012 at the Hospice Center of\u00a0 Charleston in Mount Pleasant, SC following a brief illness.<\/p>\n

Dunc was born in Batavia, NY on December 25, 1930 and was the son of Percy & Sarah (Gardner) Hinckley.<\/p>\n

He grew up in Alexander, NY and was a graduate of Alexander Central School (class of 1948).\u00a0 In 1953 he graduated from SUNY Brockport where he received his BS Degree in Education.\u00a0 He later received his Masters Degree in Education from SUNY Buffalo.\u00a0Duncan served as a Health and Physical Education teacher as well as a swim coach at several schools in the Buffalo area, including Clarence, Lancaster, and Amherst.\u00a0 He was a veteran of the US Army, serving his country for two years during the Korean War.<\/p>\n

In 1967 he joined the staff at SUNY Geneseo as Associate Professor in the Physical Education Department.\u00a0 He also served as coach for both golf and swimming.\u00a0 Throughout Dunc\u2019s 26 years as Swim Coach, his teams won many titles & championships.\u00a0 He hosted the NCAA Division 3 Nationals at SUNY Geneseo in 1979.\u00a0\u00a0 Dunc was also honored as \u201cCoach of the Year\u201d on several occasions and was elected to the Sports Hall of Fame at both SUNY Geneseo and SUNY Brockport.\u00a0 He retired in 1993.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Dunc initiated the Genesee Valley Swim Club, and also taught golf as part of the Elderhostel summer program at the college.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Dunc was a member of the NCAA Swimming College Coaches Association and remained an avid swimmer throughout his lifetime.\u00a0 He enjoyed playing tournament golf and won several awards.\u00a0 He also enjoyed winter vacations with his family at Myrtle Beach and motor-homing throughout New York and Canada during the summer.\u00a0 Dunc was a \u201cdie-hard\u201d motorcyclist.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He was married in the First Presbyterian Church of Hornell on March 25, 1978 to the former Linda Piccirillo who survives.\u00a0\u00a0 They resided in Piffard, NY prior to their moving to Virginia after his retirement.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Other survivors include two daughters,\u00a0 Lisa Reyes of Chicago, IL, Janette (Tim) Scott of Naples, FL; three sons, Scott (Mary) Hinckley of Pleasant Hill, CA, Alan (Isla) Hinckley of Raleigh, NC and Shawn Harris of Mt. Pleasant, SC; one sister, Joan (Harry) Moore of Fallbrook,CA;\u00a0 his former wife, Barbara of Naples, FL; 14 grandchildren; 3 great-grandsons; several nieces & nephews.\u00a0 Also surviving are his father and mother-in-law, Joseph and Pauline Piccirillo of North Charleston, SC, and his sister-in-law, Karen Piccirillo Kelly of Chester, VA.
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\nHe was preceded in death by his daughter, Christina Perry and also his sister, Sybil Matteson.<\/p>\n

At Dunc\u2019s request there will be no prior calling hours.\u00a0 Friends are invited to attend a Memorial service at SUNY Geneseo in the early fall, date to be determined.\u00a0 Additionally, there will be a service at the home of Linda Hinckley in Chester, VA for close friends and family.\u00a0 That date soon to be determined.<\/p>\n

The family of Coach Hinckley request that, in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions be sent to the Geneseo Roundtable, SUNY Geneseo, Geneseo NY, 14454.\u00a0 Donations should be sent in the name of Duncan Hinckley.<\/p>\n

Funeral arrangements are in care of the Dagon Funeral Home, 38 Church St., Hornell, NY 14843.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Duncan P. \u201cDunc\u201d Hinckley, 81, of Chester, VA, formerly of Piffard, NY died Sunday, July 29, 2012 at the Hospice Center of\u00a0 Charleston in Mount Pleasant, SC following a brief illness. Dunc was born in Batavia, NY on December 25, 1930 and was the son of Percy & Sarah (Gardner) Hinckley. He grew up in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1034"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1034\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1037,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1034\/revisions\/1037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}