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William Koenig Obituary

William "Bill" Koenig passed away peacefully with family and friends at his bedside after a short battle with cancer. Bill was born in Fresno and attended elementary school in Selma, CA. The family moved to San Jose in 1971 where Bill attended junior high and graduated from Blackford High. He worked at various machine shops in the South Bay area, including 28 years of service at Ceramic Tech in Fremont. Bill enjoyed cooking and gardening, but really enjoyed the outdoors – going to his nephews' little league games, barbequing, camping, fishing and hunting. His passion was waterfowl hunting and was a longtime member of the Lonesome Mallard Duck Club in Los Banos.Bill is survived by his brother, Mark and sister, Claudia Cismondi, both of Auburn, CA.A Celebration of Life will be held at 1pm on Sat, November 11 at Three Flames Restaurant, 1547 Meridian Ave, San Jose.

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Published by Mercury News on Oct. 29, 2023.

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Daniel

November 3, 2023

I am so sorry to hear about William's passing. I met him at Ceramic's Machine shop and we had many confrontations and he spoke about the Mallard Club.

I would be humbled to attend his Celebration Of Life at Three Flames. He always bright a smile to those lives he touched RIP.

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