JOHN J. HINDS, 60, DIED SATURDAY MARCH 7, 2015, AT HOME. HE LEAVES BEHIND HIS WIFE OF 30 YEARS, WILHELMINA HINDS, HIS SON ALBERTO F. RIVERA, HIS BROTHER, WILLIAM HINDS AND HIS WIFE THERESA, HIS SISTER-IN-LAW(S), CATHERINE SYPER, CONNIE SYPER, THEA SYPER, AND ROSEANNA CAPOZZI. HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW(S), MICHAEL CAPOZZI AND CHRISTIAN PEREZ. HIS NEPHEW(S), CHRIS HINDS, NICK HINDS, MATT HINDS, BENJAMIN MARCANO, EDWARD SYPER, WARREN CAPOZZI AND DAVID SANCHEZ. HIS NEICE(S), DESTENY WOEL, KATHELEEN SYPER, KAYLA ROSARIO, TIFFANY FINLEY, TABATHA SYPER, DARLENE SYPER, D.J. MARTINEZ AND JULIANA MERCANO. HE ALSO LEAVES BEHIND 8 GRANDCHILDREN, CHARLIE DELANEY, ALBERTO S. RIVERA, ICYLYNN RIVERA, JADEN GALVEZ, MINAYA RIVERA, OSCAR RIVERA, FRANKIE RIVERA AND ANGIE RIVERA. BORN IN 1954, BROOKLYN, NY, THE SON OF JACK AND ELIZABETH HINDS. AFTER GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL AND TWO YEARS IN COLLEGE IN BROOKLYN, NY HE WAS EMPLOYED BY MTA "METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY OF NEW YORK CITY. HE WAS EMPLOYED THERE FOR 25 YEARS, BEFORE RETIRING. HE MARRIED WILHELMINA CAPOZZI IN 1995 IN BROOKLYN, NY. THEY MOVED TO FLORIDA IN 2010 AND SETTLED IN THE TOWN OF DAVENPORT. MR. HINDS WAS A MEMBER OF THE PRATT MASONIC KILWINNING LODGE NO. 265, PRATT KANSAS, WHILE HE RESIDED IN KANSAS FOR A SHORT TIME. MR. HINDS HAD A PASSION FOR WOODWORKING MAKING WOODEN TOY CARS, BIRD HOUSES, BANKS AND CLOCKS. HE WAS A VERY KIND, CARING AND SELFLESS PERSON WHO WOULD OFTEN DO WITHOUT SO OTHERS COULD DO WITH. HE WAS A MENTOR AND ALWAYS PROVIDED UNCONDITIONAL LOVE TO HIS ENTIRE FAMILY.



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