William J. Guilfoile

HAVING ONLY NOW FOUND THIS SAD NEWS WE WISH TO OFFER OUR MOST SINCERE AND HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES TO ALL IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS, ALL OTHER RELATIVES, HIS MANY COMRADES THROUGH LIFE AND HIS MANY FRIENDS IN BASEBALL UPON THE DEPARTURE FROM THE SCENE OF BILL GUILFOILE ...

AS BASEBALL HISTORIANS / RESEARCHERS / BIOGRAPHERS WE HAD OCCASION TO MEET AND SPEAK WITH BILL MANY TIMES OVER THE LAST 25 YEARS OF HIS BASEBALL TIME BOTH WHILE WITH THE PIRATES AND IN COOPERSTOWN AT WHICH HE WAS ALWAYS...

To Tom Guilfoile,
Condolences on the passing of your brother.
From Your '57 classmate.
Harry Smith,
Kapalua, Hawaii

Tom, I was sorry to hear about the loss of your father. I didn't know him personally but heard so much about him and what a wonderful Christian man he was from friends at FDL Right to Life. I know you must feel the joy and peace of knowing he is now in the presence of our Lord. You and your family are in my prayers.

Sincere sympathy to the family and friends of Bill Guilfoile. Bill was the model Christian gentleman. I got to know him during his later years in Fond du Lac before he moved to Notre Dame, especially through his role as the editor of the quarterly newsletter of Fond du Lac Right To Life. His quiet competence was missed when he moved away. May Bill's family be comforted by the knowledge that they were blessed to have such a good man for a father, brother, husband, and grandfather.

Dear Loretta and family,
Please accept my condolences on the death of your beloved husband and father. I remember Bill as a young Naval officer and certainly from his wedding and early days with the Yankees, and his love for Notre Dame and for his home town. He shone in everything he did.
May he rest in peace and rise in glory.
Your cousin, Dorothy

Tom:

Please accept my condolences upon the death of your dad. you and your family are in my prayers! I remember from when we were together with ND baseball that he was with the HoF. He and my dad were fellow '54s; Dad spoke of him fondly.

Go Irish!

John ("Moose") Kraus '83

Love thee, Notre Dame. RIP Bill. Rest well in Our Lady's arms.

Mary Ahern, Class of '81
Daughter of Michael D. , Class of '57
and sister of Michael T., Class of '83'

I went to high school with Bill. He was a super classmate. Always friendly and kind to everyone. One of my memories of him was in gym. We were doing tumbling on mats. Bill did a series of flips and landed with his back against the brick wall and dislocated his shoulder. I followed his career over the years and always wanted to go to the Baseball Hall of Fame to see him, but life was too busy. He will be greatly missed.

My mother was Walter's secretary at one time and Walt would come to visit her and her children several times a year. I remember that he loved to talk about Bill and his baseball career. He was very proud of Bill and very happy that he had been blessed with a son like Bill. Walt seemed to really enjoy talking about the teams Bill was working with. I always called him Mr. Guilfoile because that is how Geraldine Burns Muckerheide expected her children to behave. Sympathies on this loss to your...