Fred Tingley, 1933-2022

Fred Tingley of Lincoln died peacefully surrounded by family members on September 13, 2022, age 89.

Fred was born in Providence, R.I., in 1933 to Harleigh Van Slyck Tingley and Margaret Maryon. He earned an A.B. in physics from Brown University and an M.S. in physics from Northeastern University. Fred worked as a physicist, engineer, and manager in applied research and product development.

He was an inveterate tinkerer and inventor and held a patent for his solar roof de-icer. He could fix anything, and did. An avid outdoor adventurer he enjoyed hiking, sailing, skiing and white water kayaking.

Fred lived in Lincoln with his wife Dilla for almost 60 years. He served several terms as a water commissioner. At the suggestion of a friend and neighbor, Ann Janes, who was on the Cemetery Commission, Fred took on the project of photographing and transcribing the inscriptions of the older tombstones in three of Lincoln’s cemeteries. The Tingley Collection is available through the town archivist and eventually will be available on a digital website.

He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Dilla Gooch Tingley, and his two sons, two daughters-in-law and six grandsons: Whit and Debora Tingley, and Benjamin, Connor and Luke of Berkeley, Calif., and Lem and Liz Tingley, and Tucker, Forest, and Vaughn of Golden, Colo.

A service of remembrance will be held on Saturday, Nov. 26 at 11 a.m. at St. Anne’s in-the-Fields Episcopal Church (147 Concord Rd., Lincoln Mass.). In lieu of flowers, a donation may be made to the Friends of the Lincoln Council on Aging and Human Services.