Longtime Babylon Village resident and dedicated Babylon community member David W. Lincoln died on March 26, 2009. He served the Village in many capacities over the years and was a veteran of World War II.

Mr. Lincoln was a Babylon Lion for more than 50 years, a former board member of Babylon Village Youth Proj­ect, and taught sailing and ran a Babylon Village business. He lived on Lighthouse Road in Babylon Village for 50 years.

"Dave served the Lions for 50 years and his impact was evident by the huge turnout at his funeral," said Babylon Lion president and longtime friend Ed McCarthy. "Dave was much more than secre­tary

of our club, he was our conscience, our guide, and a valued counsel to every board and committee he served. His experience made us all better Lions and helped make Baby­lon a great club. It is now our duty to carry on, as Dave would have expected."

Born in Brooklyn, Mr. Lincoln joined the Na­tional Guard and served in the U.S. Army as coun­ter intelligence during World War II. In Washington D.C., he worked in the fingerprint department of the FBI and met then-Director J. Edgar Hoover. He also worked for U.S. Customs.

Although he gradated from Fordham Univer­sity with a degree in law, he spent his life a private investigator with his own company Doran Claims, first in Mineola and later in Babylon Village, until the late 1990s. According to his daughter, Laurie, he taught his daughters how to clam and loved sailing and boating. In fact, he taught celestial navigation in the Captree Power Squadron. In addition to his daughter Laurie and her husband Richard Heath­cote of Babylon Village, Mr. Lincoln also leaves behind his other daugh­ter, Dede Borruso and her husband Bill of Babylon Village and his grand­children, Trevor, Nariko and Vida who called him "Guy-guy." He was prede­ceased by his wife, Joan in 1980. He reposed at the Lang-Tobia-DiPalma Fu­neral Home in Babylon on March 28, 2009. A Lion's Club service and reli­gious services were held there. Donations in Mr. Lincoln's name can be sent to the Babylon Lions P.O. Box 46, Babylon, NY 11702-0046 or The Guide Dog Foundation For The Blind, Inc., 371 East Jericho Turnpike, Smith­town, New York 11787-2976.