fan and enjoyed watching football and basketball games with his family. Bill always had a friendly word and a smile for everyone he saw. That smile will be greatly missed.
Bill is survived by his wife of 59 years, Mary; daughters Sue (Lyle) Nichelson of Fort Worth, Texas; Sharon Marshall (Jim Venden) of Verona; granddaughters Amie Kjellstrom and Erin Kjellstrom, both of Madison; Lauren Nichelson of Fort Worth, Texas; brothers Leland Marshall and Allen (Patty) Marshall; sister Lea Win) Coffrin and many nieces and nephews.
A private family service will be held on October 18, 2018 at Cress Funeral Service in Madison. Bill's ashes will be scattered at his favorite home course, Foxboro Golf Club, in Oregon, where he proudly got his first hole in one; at the Oregon Bowl, where he bowled a perfect 300 game; and at the softball diamonds in Oregon where he enjoyed playing ball until well into his 60's.
Please consider donating to the Wisconsin Alzheimer's Organization in memory of Bill and so many others who suffer from this heartbreaking disease.
"Don't think of him as gone away, his journey's just begun, life holds so many facets and this earth is only one. Just think of him as resting from the sorrows and the tears in a place of warmth and comfort where there are no days and years. Think how he must be wishing that we could know today how nothing but our sadness can really pass away. And think of him as living in the hearts of those he touched...for nothing loved is ever lost and he was loved so much."
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