David HICKLING

DAVID HICKLING, M.A, P.ENG. David Hickling died on February 2, 2021 at the age of 87 in Oakville, Ontario surrounded by family. He was diagnosed with metastatic melanoma a month earlier. He was born in London, UK, and educated at Felsted School and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. Between Felsted and Cambridge he served in the Royal Artillery as there was still conscription in the UK. After obtaining his Commission he was first at a Training Regiment in Oswestry and later transferred to the 51st Highland Division in Scotland. He married Elizabeth A.S. Rogers at Mereworth in Kent on 25th July 1959 and they immigrated to Canada two weeks later. He was the loving father of Richard Anderson (Julie Allen) and Heather Mary (Frank Vermaeten) and proud grandfather of Andrea, Paul, Sarah, Hannah and Matthew. He is survived by his brothers, Alan Micklem (Washington, D.C.) and Harold Anderson (Jersey, C.I.). His career in Canada was at Procor and Ecodyne in west Oakville. He was President and CEO of Ecodyne for nearly 20 years, taking early retirement in 1996. A life-long sailor, he enjoyed his later years traveling extensively with Elizabeth and playing squash, tennis and golf. They spent the winters in Naples, FL and the summers in Oakville, where they lived since 1962. Elizabeth died in 2010 after 51 happy years of marriage. Later he met Ingrid McGillivray and they enjoyed many years together, golfing and travelling. Overall he visited over 70 countries. He will be dearly missed by the McGillivray family, and his friends from the Oakville Club where he was a member for 50 years. At his request there will be no funeral or reception. In lieu of flowers he has requested that a donation be made, by those who wish, to Ian Anderson House, 430 Winston Churchill Blvd., Oakville, Ont. L6J 4Z2.