William-Newbery-Obituary

William H. Newbery

Pasadena, California

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NEWBERRY-William H. Newbery, 84, William H. Newbery, 84, passed away peacefully September 25, 2009. He was born to Robert and Gretchen Newbery in California. He served faithfully for our country in the US Army and received honorable discharge, under which he was a demolition expert, and fought in...

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Bill was involved in Scouting in Sierra Madre for over 30 years and was my Scoutmaster at St. Rita's back in the early 60's. I'm grateful to him for the lessons in resourcefulness and was pleased to be able to help him complete the Scout Monument in the Sierra Madre Memorial Park. The monument was built in 1948 but the plaque dedicating it to all the Sierra Madre scouts who participated in WWII was not installed at the time due to funding. Bill commissioned the plaque with his own funds last...

Bill sold my family many bicycles at B&H Cycles in South Pasadena before hiring and training me as mechanic. He was always patient with me, no matter how difficult the problem. I will miss him.

Bill was a long time bike friend .I have been lucky to have him when I neeed parts and help to keep my bikes in top shape .I would see bill at bean town for coffie in the past 5 years. I will miss him . philip loungway monrovia ca.