William Tracy Obituary

Tracy, William Stephen
91 of Mesa, AZ passed away on July 9, 2015. Services at National Cemetery, Cave Creek, AZ on August 14, 2015 at 10:30 am.

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Published by The Arizona Republic on Aug. 2, 2015.

Memories and Condolences
for William Tracy

3 Entries

Thomas William Tracy

August 14, 2015

We worked together and he taught me a lot for which I am grateful. He was my dad but he was also my friend. I'll miss his pithy sense of humor. See ya on the other side dad. Love always and forever, your son Tom.

Dan Tracy

August 14, 2015

My grandfather passed away today. He dropped out of high school when he was 16 to join the Navy where he fought at Iwo Jima. He saved several young mens lives there by jumping into the water and swimming them back to his troop transport craft.(He was a water polo player in school and a strong swimmer). He and several of his brothers dabbled in professional boxing as young men.A family story I once heard had two of the Tracy brothers losing fights on the same night printed up in the local newspapers sports headline. He was among some of the first veterans to come back after the war and take up a new past time with his fellow vets that had both positive and negative effects. He was an OG biker. He was also a self made business man who provided jobs to his sons when they got older and had their own families. He never spoke eloquently but he was an intelligent man. He was gruff and boisterous but he would kiss and hug his grand children and tell them that he loved them. Although he was far from perfect he and his wife Betty loved their family. William Steven Tracy, father of Carol, Tom, Kathy and Eddie. Goodbye.

Thomas & Nancy Tracy & Family Tracy

August 14, 2015

He is God, exalted is He, the Lord of loving-kindness and bounty!

Glory be unto Thee, Thou, O my God, the Lord Omnipotent. I testify to Thine Omnipotence and Thy might, Thy sovereignty and Thy loving-kindness, Thy grace and Thy power, the oneness of Thy being and the unity of Thine Essence, Thy sanctity and exaltation above the world of being and all that is therein.

O my God! Thou seest me detached from all save Thee, holding fast unto Thee and turning unto the ocean of Thy bounty, to the heaven of Thy favor, to the Daystar of Thy grace.

Lord! I bear witness that in Thy servant Thou hast reposed Thy Trust, and that is the Spirit wherewith Thou hast given life to the world.

I ask of Thee by the splendor of the Orb of Thy Revelation, mercifully to accept from him that which he hath achieved in Thy days. Grant then that he may be invested with the glory of Thy good-pleasure and adorned with Thine acceptance.

O my Lord! I myself and all created things bear witness unto Thy might, and I pray Thee not to turn away from Thyself this spirit that hath ascended unto Thee, unto Thy heavenly place, Thine exalted Paradise and Thy retreats of nearness, O Thou who art the Lord of all men!

Grant, then, O my God, that Thy servant may consort with Thy chosen ones, Thy saints and Thy Messengers in heavenly places that the pen cannot tell nor the tongue recount.

O My Lord, the poor one hath verily hastened unto the Kingdom of Thy wealth, the stranger unto his home within Thy precincts, he that is sore athirst to the heavenly river of Thy bounty. Deprive him not, O Lord, from his share of the banquet of Thy grace and from the favor of Thy bounty. Thou art in truth the Almighty, the Gracious, the All-Bountiful.

O my God, Thy Trust hath been returned unto Thee. It behooveth Thy grace and Thy bounty that have compassed Thy dominions on earth and in heaven, to vouchsafe unto Thy newly welcomed one Thy gifts and Thy bestowals, and the fruits of the tree of Thy grace! Powerful art Thou to do as Thou willest, there is none other God but Thee, the Gracious, the Most Bountiful, the Compassionate, the Bestower, the Pardoner, the Precious, the All-Knowing.

I testify, O my Lord, that Thou hast enjoined upon men to honor their guest, and he that hath ascended unto Thee hath verily reached Thee and attained Thy Presence. Deal with him then according to Thy grace and bounty! By Thy glory, I know of a certainty that Thou wilt not withhold Thyself from that which Thou hast commanded Thy servants, nor wilt Thou deprive him that hath clung to the cord of Thy bounty and hath ascended to the Dayspring of Thy wealth.

There is none other God but Thee, the One, the Single, the Powerful, the Omniscient, the Bountiful.
Bahá'u'lláh