tling hall of fames. Bill's coaching career included stops at Rock Island, Illinois, Ann Arbor, Michigan, and Lincoln, Nebraska before settling in California. In California Bill coached at the Olympic Club in San Francisco, high schools, college, worked with youth wrestling, officiated, and was involved in many other wrestling activities supporting the sport of wrestling that he so loved. Bill and Bonnie eventually retired to the Livermore and Bode, Iowa area to be closer to their children and grandchildren.
He is survived by his daughters Jody McClure, Jill Lempke (Greg), and Jackie Foth (Brent), 15 grandchildren, and 10 great grandchildren. He is also survived by a brother Bud Smith of Arizona and sister Margie Voss from California. Bill was preceded in death by his parents, his wife Bonnie, sons James Smith and Jeff Smith, his father and mother-in-law John and Doris Olson, brother Bob Smith, brother-in-laws Jim Voss and Maury Olson, and sister-in-laws Betty Smith, Betty Gronbach, and Pat Olson.
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