William Firesheets Obituary

William "Bill" Lawrence Firesheets Sr., 77, of Clear Brook, Virginia, died Tuesday, February 13, 2018, at Winchester Medical Center. Mr. Firesheets was born in 1940 in Crewe, Virginia, the son of the late Lydia Florence and Clarence Warner Firesheets. He was a graduate of Glen Burnie High School, class of 1958. Mr. Firesheets was a journeyman millwright with Federal Mogul, retiring after 28 years of service in 2007. He was a member of the United Methodist Church of Pasadena, Maryland, where he married his wife, Patricia Lambert, on October 27, 1961. Mr. Firesheets was a union member of the United Auto Workers as well as a member of Plane Crazy R/C club in Winchester, Virginia. Mr. Firesheets was a no-nonsense man of few words and an outdoorsman who enjoyed canoeing, skiing, fishing and white water rafting. He was a master mechanic who could fix anything but especially enjoyed his classic Impala convertible. Surviving with his wife of 56 years are his daughter, Jennifer Lee Firesheets of Clear Brook, son William Lawrence Firesheets Jr. of Bushnell, Florida, Grandchildren, Holly Nicole Firesheets of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Jacob William Firesheets of Elkton, Maryland. Mr. Firesheets is preceded in death by his parents and his brother, Robert Reeves Firesheets. All services will be private.

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Published by The Capital Gazette on Feb. 17, 2018.

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