William "Bill" Bockwitz

Bill and I got much closer after I graduated. Maybe golf, maybe advancement issues but I´m glad whatever it was! We played some great courses and ,I believe, we flew to the different spots. Sports was his main topic but he found many ways to incorporate our mutual faith. I hadn´t heard from him in some time, so I was searching him out. Now I know where he is and am sure we have a future date to catch up. See you soon.

Karen, so sorry to hear of Bill's passing. Kayle golfed with Bill often and I really got to know you both more when you were at First United Methodist Church. It was always fun to hear that Bill had taken Ed Rockwell out golfing. And Ed was so appreciative. May God's peace be with you and your family and friends as treasured memories are shared and enjoyed. And I know there are many.

Jackson-area sports legend! Always enjoyed talking Spring Arbor athletics and working with him during my time as a sports writer at the Citizen Patriot. Condolences to Mr. Bockwitz's family and the entire Spring Arbor University community. What a legacy!

R.I.P. COACH! A life Well Lived! I'll miss seeing & talking to you at Arbor Hills! Fond memories of the many rounds of golf we played together! Condolences to Family & Spring Arbor!

Between Hank and Bill Bockwitz two professors who became my inspiration at SAC in the early mid 1960´s. Took classes from both and encouraged me took get into teaching and coaching. Both like to have fun and joke around while teaching which was relaxing and new to me. I will never forget Bill and his easy going personality and his great smile!

Bill recruited me to play basketball at Spring Arbor. I always respected Bill as a person and as a coach. He was a very nice man and a good friend. We will meet again in heaven. Respectfully, Lynn & Charleen Johnson

My Coach; a great coach and a greater man! Thank you for allowing me to have a chapter in your great story. Love you Coach

My classmate, a great coach, a solid academic colleague, my brother in Christ and one who will be very much missed.

I had heard of Bill in alumni news from Greenville College, from which he & I were both graduates and Illinois natives. When my wife & I moved to Spring Arbor and began attending what was then The Spring Arbor Free Methodist Church, I was privileged to meet and become friends with Bill and his wife Karen. We had several common interests: GC graduates, U of I sports, same S.S. Class & farm ownership. Quite a few years ago when U of I basketball was having a great season, we would share our...