Ohio State Memorials: Remembering the life, death and legacy of Willliam Apel
PORTSMOUTH- With the final notes of Louie Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald's version of "Stars Fell on Alabama" playing in the background, William Francis Lee (Bill) Apel died on December 9, 2019 at the SOMC Hospice Center. Bill was born on October 4, 1930, in Portsmouth, and was the last surviving child of the late Otto F. Apel Sr. and Claudia McCurdy Apel. His siblings were Clare Claudia Grossman, Otto F. Apel Jr., and David Wayne Apel. Bill graduated from Portsmouth High School in 1948,...
