William Clement Waters

William Clement Waters

Mt Clemens - Age 87, of Mt Clemens died April 26, 2021. Survivors include his wife Alice, children Steven Waters (Jadine Moy) of San Ramon, CA, Michael Waters of Mt Clemens, Patrick Waters of Chicago, Anne Baty (Donald) of Grosse Pointe Park, Julie Waters of Lawrence, KS, and Jean Taylor (Tim) of Livonia, sisters Eva Fredricks of Bradenton, FL and Joy Moore of Spokane, WA, and eight grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his brother John Waters. Born on October 27, 1933 in Postville, IA to Clement Henry and Bernice Nina Waters. After attending a one-room school house through the 8th grade, he graduated from high school in Postville, IA. His education at Iowa State University was interrupted when he was drafted into the US Army. He returned to Iowa and in 1956 married Alice Helena Becker. In 1957 he graduated from Iowa State with bachelor's degrees in agricultural and mechanical engineering. In 1961 he earned a master's in mechanical engineering from Wayne State University. Bill worked for 28 years at General Motors Technical Center as a software engineer and thereafter for 10 years for Electronic Data Systems, retiring in 1994. Prior to moving to Mt Clemens, Bill was active in St. Anthanasius church in many leadership capacities. Thereafter, he was a member of St Louis church for over forty years. Although never a swimmer himself, all of his children participated on swim teams which he supported through service leadership positions. As a strong advocate and supporter of education, he served on both the St. Athanasius and Fraser Public School Boards, as President of the Friends of Fraser Library, and as an organizer of Save Our Schools in Mt Clemens. He passed on his love of nature to his children by taking them on annual canoe and camping trips in addition to the annual treks to the family farms in Iowa. In his retirement years he and Alice continued to travel extensively and visited 43 countries on six continents. He was the longest serving volunteer for the Great Lakes Education Program. He served as webmaster for two genealogy websites on IAGen Web for Winneshiek and Howard counties in IA. In the last two decades of his life, after Alice developed memory loss, he was a tireless and devoted primary caregiver. Services will be held at St. Louis Church, Clinton Twp on May 1, instate at 10:30AM with funeral mass at 11AM. Interment will follow at Resurrection Cemetery. See www.vickfuneralhome.com for memorial contributions and a full obituary.