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DONNA WAS SO SORRY TO READ THIS.I ALWAYS LIKED BILL.I STILL HAVE THE ROCKER I BOUGHT FROM HIM.I HAVE BEEN WONDERONG ABOUT YOU TWO.MY LOVE AND PRAYERS A RE WITH YOU. CAROLYN WENNER
Carolyn Wenner
August 23, 2025
Longview, Washington
Jul 15, 1935 – Aug 5, 2025 (Age 90)
Vietnam, Laos, Thailand and Burma in SE Asia; Calcutta, Delhi, and Benares in India; Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia; Bali in Indonesia, plus the Philippines. He returned to SE Asia years later with his wife Donna to visit Cambodia's Angkor Wat ruins. In 1973 Bill traced Marco Polo's route across China,...
Read MoreDONNA WAS SO SORRY TO READ THIS.I ALWAYS LIKED BILL.I STILL HAVE THE ROCKER I BOUGHT FROM HIM.I HAVE BEEN WONDERONG ABOUT YOU TWO.MY LOVE AND PRAYERS A RE WITH YOU. CAROLYN WENNER
Carolyn Wenner
August 23, 2025
We met Bill and Donna when we transferred from the Midwest to Longview. We were looking for a house to rent as we weren´t sure how long we would be there. We looked in the paper and found a beautiful house along Lake Sacajawea in Longview. Bill happened to be the landlord and we ended up renting the house and living there for 2 years before moving to Vancouver, WA. We were neighbors and it worked out great living next to him and Donna. We were not just renters, but became friends. For 20+...
Carlene & Jim Mansfield
August 22, 2025 | Friend
My condolences to Bill's family. I truly appreciated Bill's broad worldview and how he expressed himself in letters to the editor of The Daily News. I will miss seeing him out and about, always looking for ways to be of service in our community. Rest well, Bill!
Darcie Chess
August 22, 2025 | Other
What an absolute gem of a man. My sincere condolences to his surviving family and all who loved him. I pledge that someday there will be a fountain on the lake in front of Kessler Elementary as he long advocated for. Happy trails~
Tom Samuels
August 21, 2025 | Friend
Bill always had an encouraging word whenever I met him in the community. We bonded over our common political interests via "letters to the editor" in The Dailey News. Bill could see, incisively, how our country was being manipulated. Bill wrote researched and detailed letters that went right to the point. Bill's passion for Longview history and in helping us to remember where we came from in our countries history was genuine and sincere. I'm so glad that I ran into Bill a couple of months...
Joe Hobson
August 21, 2025 | Friend