David Bruce Jenks

David retired from Lockheed Martin in 2003 after a 21-year career as a quality control specialist in the aerospace industry. He is survived by his wife of 58 years Johanna.

He was born in Dalton, Massachusetts and lived in Dalton and Windsor Massachusetts through high school, graduating from Dalton High School. He enlisted in the army and was stationed in a U.S. Army helicopter facility at Bad Kreuznach, Germany as a helicopter maintenance technician. David loved music and became a skilled guitarist, playing professionally after hours in a band while serving in the army in Germany.

Upon his honorable discharge from the army he was employed as a tool maker at General Electric in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. He left GE to join Lockheed in Orlando, Florida. While working as a quality control specialist there, he went on to earn a Bachelor of Science degree from Florida Southern College.