- Date Of Birth: October 23, 1947
- Date Of Death: January 9, 2018
- State: Iowa
David Eugene Hill, the son of Eugene Marshall Hill and Ruth Helen [Ryburn] Hill, was born October 23, 1947 in Clarinda, Iowa. He moved to the current family home in Newton, Iowa, in 1949 and attended Newton Schools, graduating from Newton Senior High School in 1965.
He attended the State College of Iowa [now named the University of Northern Iowa] from 1965 to 1969 and then taught high school in northeast Iowa in 1970.
He then worked for the Strieter Motor company in Davenport as a mechanic while pursuing a side interest in flying. He was very active at the airport in Davenport. Within a few years, he got a job as a pilot, flight instructor and aviation mechanic at Midwest Aviation airport, now called Carver Aero, where he worked until his recent retirement in 2017.
David loved the outdoors. He was actively involved in skiing, cycling, camping, and kayaking. He participated in RAGBRAI and TOMRV cycling events, and went kayaking in rivers around the country, including ‘class V or VI’ river rapids. He was part of many sporting groups, and loved to encourage others to get involved, and to help and mentor them to increase their skills. He taught kayaking at the local Y in Davenport, and was very active in the Saukenuk Paddlers Canoe & Kayak Club and the Quad Cities Bicycle Club.
David died on Tuesday, January 9, 2018, from injuries suffered in an automobile accident in Clinton County, Iowa. He was 70. He was preceded in death by his father, Eugene Marshall Hill of Newton, Iowa, and by his paternal grandparents, George Rowland Hill and Minnie Abigail (Rees) (Hill) Johnston of Newton, Iowa and by his maternal grandparents, Charles Adolphus Ryburn and Hazel Aurena (Winchell) Ryburn of Heyworth, Illinois.
David is survived by his mother, Ruth Helen Hill of Newton; his brothers Robert Alan Hill of Tabor, South Dakota, and John Charles Hill of San Francisco, CA; his sister Patricia Ruth Hill and her husband John Klause of Middletown, Connecticut and his niece Amanda Klause of Philadelphia, PA; his sister Kathleen Marie Andreae and her husband Peter Andreae and his niece Helen Andreae, all of Wellington, New Zealand, and his nephew Christopher Andreae of Tokyo, Japan.
