| Date | 2008-04-12 |
| Message | You and your family are in our thoughts and prayers during this time. We remember our evening together with you and Bill for dinner when we were on our cruise. Bill and Joe had a great time telling their stories and being together again after all those years. May the Lord Bless and keep you always in his care. Joe and Deb Adelsberger Comment by Joe & Deb Adelsberger — July 8, 2006 @ 11:19 pm |
| Date | 2008-04-12 |
| Message | My dearest classmate Sheri and to your Family, Please accept my deepest sympathy at your loss. My thoughts and prayers are with all of you. DJ Mark Olympia, WA Comment by DJ Mark — July 8, 2006 @ 6:21 pm |
| Date | 2008-04-12 |
| Message | Dear Sheri and family, Duyen and I send our deepest condolences to you and your children, and look forward to the opportunity to have a quality visit with you here when you return to Hawai’i. There’s little more that I can say that hasn’t already been said so eloquently about Bill by his other pals, whether it’s about his valor and professionalism as a soldier, his sardonic humor, his fishing prowess, or his loving devotion to his family. He was “da’kine”, a cool guy who we respected, liked, and wished we could have seen more of over these past years; and I will personally miss him dearly as you will. A hui ho me ke aloha pumehana, Bob & Duyen Comment by Bob Williams(LTC, USA, ret.) — July 8, 2006 @ 4:09 pm |
| Date | 2008-04-12 |
| Message | I really didn’t know Bill that well. I spent a week with Sheri & Bill in Hawaii when one of his daughter’s got married. His son Barry is my son-in-law. From my brief talking & typing to him (he was on my e-mail list), and reading everyone’s comments, he was a great man. What an honor for a great soldier to be remembered every independence day. And you won’t be forgotten, Bill. Comment by Glen Howard — July 8, 2006 @ 2:09 pm |
| Date | 2008-04-12 |
| Message | To a great friend, a great soldier, and a great American. God Bless You my Friend and God Bless your family. Sario and Renate Caravalho Comment by Sario J Caravalho — July 8, 2006 @ 11:49 am |
| Date | 2008-04-12 |
| Message | It was an honor to be his cousin(sister).Whom also became my email buddy. I will miss him bunches. He will always be remembered as a good,kind,generious,and cant forget funny man. All of you will be in my thoughts and prays always. Love, Brenda(Scroggins)Robbins Comment by Brenda(Scroggins)Robbins — July 8, 2006 @ 8:21 am |
| Date | 2008-04-11 |
| Message | Billie Jo will be truely be missed by all of us. I remember a story when mom(brenda robbins) would talk about the day Billie got peaked by a rooster in a place he will not forget. All of you are in my thoughts and prayers always. Comment by Missy(robbins)Whalen — July 8, 2006 @ 8:10 am |
| Date | 2008-04-11 |
| Message | Bill was a warrior and one of those special people who had an incredible sense of humor and could remember everyones name. He was one of my contemporaries and I respected the hell out of him. John E. Cleckner Sr. Major, United States Army Special Forces Retired Redding CA Comment by Major John E. Cleckner Sr — July 8, 2006 @ 1:08 am |
| Date | 2008-04-11 |
| Message | Every family has those favorite stories which are repeated time after time, whenever family members gather for holidays, weddings, and yes…funerals. One of my favorites is about Bill - when he was a little boy. My husband, Ray, enjoyed telling about Billy Joe (as he was called when he was just a little fellow) being enthralled with the idea of joining the Army and jumping out of airplanes. In order to get ready, Billy Joe apparently would jump off anything - the higher, the better. Ray would always whoop with laughter as he recalled Billy Joe leaping off the barn with a sheet tied around his neck. Many family members swore he would never live to adulthood, but would perish after jumping out of a tree or off a cliff before he was grown. Many years later, after Bill was in the service and had become an honest-to-goodness paratrooper, Ray would smile, repeat the story about the sheet and the barn, and fondly laugh about how about how all that practice had finally paid off. We were all lucky to have had Bill in our lives and he will be deeply missed by family and friends. Aloha, good buddy, ’til we all meet again. Comment by Pat Scroggins — July 7, 2006 @ 9:08 pm |
| Date | 2008-04-11 |
| Message | Daddy, I will forever miss you and remember all the good memories we shared. You fought the hardest battle at the end and made me the proudest daughter ever! You left us on July 4th so you can be forever free. I miss you and love you. Ta Comment by Ta — July 7, 2006 @ 8:03 pm |