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| Name: | Peter Stacpoole |
| Comments: | When I read last night in my Menlo Magazine about Lynn's (as I knew him) death, the very first word that came to mind in thinking of him was "passion". Lynn was one of my closest friends at Menlo, and we'd have great discussions (with Hugh Garol, among a few others) about all sorts of meaningless things of great apparent import. I'll never forget one night of our junior or senior year that Lynn, Hugh and I gave a Playboy multiple choice test of masculinity to to our dorm mates, and the hilarious |
| Location | Gainesville, FL |
| August 25, 2000 12:25:36 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Jennie Tezak |
| Comments: | Bill was my confirmation teacher and my friend when I was sixteen years old, and he stuck by me through the years and was always a wonderful friend. We mostly kept in touch by email and he would occasionally visit me at my job. He was a wonderful, beautiful man and I will always miss him and remember him fondly. |
| Location | Chico, CA |
| June 1, 2000 05:49:18 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Mary Ellen Shearer |
| Comments: | with much love |
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| May 31, 2000 00:31:05 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Norman and Elaine Shearer |
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| Location | Tipp City, OH |
| May 24, 2000 19:51:53 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Sean J. McCafferty(Kling) |
| Comments: | Lynn(bill) was one of two people in my life that I looked to as a father. When I was a child, he seemed kind and was one of the few people I could trust, instinctively. He wore these funny glasses, drove a VW bug, and I used to listen to him on KFSD as Bill Pepper. He awakened my intellectual and spiritual curiosity and I am certain he has influenced a great deal what I am today. I have chosen a life of service to others and hope his influence and spirit will continue to help me aid the live |
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| May 23, 2000 01:32:25 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | merrill maynard simon |
| Comments: | Dearest Alice, My deepest sympathy and prayers are with you and Molly.My family holds you close in our prayers and hearts. |
| Location | Atlanta, Ga. |
| May 23, 2000 00:43:03 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Buffie Ward Williams |
| Comments: | Representing the Menlo School Alumni Association...our prayers are with you. |
| Location | Atherton, CA |
| May 22, 2000 22:44:08 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Tim Jenson & Melanie Helms |
| Comments: | We were lucky enough to have him as a client and get to know him. He was quite a talented writer and will be missed. Melanie |
| Location | Oceanside, California |
| May 22, 2000 01:35:24 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | The Duvall Family |
| Comments: | Thank you, Bill, for loving my friend so dearly. I believe that even through this incredibly painful ordeal that she holds that memory in her heart and she will be stronger forever more. Our love and sincere sympathy are with Alice and Molly at this time. God bless you both. Love, Laurel, Pete, Marc, and Mason |
| Location | Monterey, CA |
| May 20, 2000 06:06:54 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Sito Khan |
| Message: | I didn't know Bill as well as you all. He was introduced to me a year ago through a mutual friend at Dreamworks and he enjoyed reading my daily history page. We became e-mail pals and Bill liked sending me historical trivia he researched to augment my daily entries. His passing saddens me greatly but if I can offer any comfort my mind goes back to the saying of the ancient Egyptians- "When we die if we are kept in the hearts of our friends and family we have achieved immortality. If we are forgotten we die a second time." Reading the testamonials of all of you I don't think Bill has anything to worry about. I think he has achieved immortality. And if what Pascal said is true:" Life is but a brief interval inbetween two great infinities" We will all see him again. Adieu for now dear friend. |
| Location | - |
| May 19, 2000 |
| Name: | Emery Butler |
| Message: | I count myself fortunate to be one of Bill's many friends. He and I used to walk along Monterey Bay together. We'd talk, laugh, argue, pray, talk, stop to eat, talk, laugh. Everybody who knows Bill, knows what I mean. Still for all of the many ways we knew Bill I can't help feeling that we didn't know it all. How could we? But I believe there is One who knows Bill all the way to bone -- and beyond. Bill was a father, a husband, a friend, a writer, a wit, a raconteur and more. But unto the God he loved, Bill was glad to be a sheep under the watch of the Good Shepherd. "I know my sheep and they know me." (John 10:14) I can't see Bill face-to-face to tell him how much I love him, how much I miss him. So I turn to his Lord for consolation. "Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." (Mt. 11:28) Yes, come, Lord Jesus, unto Bill -- and unto us all. |
| Location | Denver, Colorado |
| May 20, 2000 01:15:04 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Pete, Laurel, Marc, and Mason Duvall |
| Message: | Thank you so much for loving Alice so dearly. Through this incredibly painfull process I take comfort in knowing she will be keep this in her heart and be forever stronger. Our sincere love and sympathy to Alice and Molly...Bless you both. |
| Location | Monterey, CA |
| May 19, 2000 16:36:59 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Tom Harrison |
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| Location | La Canada, California |
| May 19, 2000 13:14:59 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Kenneth, Rosanna & Petrus Chan |
| Message: | I met Bill in 1991 when I was working at Apple and under the most unusual situation. Bill and I were members of a group e-mail address ACF (which means Apple Chistian Fellowship). ACF was an employee's non-denonminational Christian group mainly made up of fundamentalists Christians. It was one day when I received a e-mail from a member soliciting a seminar about non-Christian cults, and the Catholic Church was on the agenda. Being a Catholic, I couldn't help but to reply to the mail and do my best to defend our faith. I thought I was the only one fighting the issue, but not before long Bill teamed up with me in the effort. We ended up staging a two week's worth of electronics apologetics via e-mail. Since then we became good friends, and as we called ourselves -- Roman brothers. I consider this event and knowing Bill to be the most blessed moment of my life. Bill really inspired me the importance of really knowing and understanding our Catholic Faith and to really live our faith everyday. I remember the times when we get together and going out for dinner, the time when Molly and Petrus were young and played in the backyard while we talked. There was that one time when Bill brought his whole family to visit us, and we all went to the Jing Jing Restaurant in Palo Alto for dinner. These images of laughter, fellowship, and sharing are always in our minds. Yes, Bill was a teacher, a gentleman, but also an apologist and the most important, a true Catholic. Bill (or Uncle Bill, as Petrus always called him) we miss you. We know that God is holding you up in the palm of His hand, and you'll be shining like the sun. |
| Location | Milpitas, CA |
| May 19, 2000 07:40:42 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Claudia (Claud) Sims & Gary Seifer |
| Message: | Did a wonderful bright light just go out or did it just go on ahead of us to light the way?I cannot imagine not seeing Bill's smile or being with his intellect and his humor. I will value what I did have of it all for the rest of my life. I know my friend Alice has shared some wonderful years with him and that she & Molly will take from them and treasure them for the rest of their lives.Love,Claud& Gary |
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| May 19, 2000 06:07:40 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Linda and Jim Fryer |
| Message: | We prayed for Bill and your family in our journey group in Austin, Texas, with Christine and Clive. God's blessings on this new part of your journey. |
| Location | jfryer@prismnet.com |
| May 18, 2000 20:48:23 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Denis W. Keyes |
| Message: | Reading all these incredibly nice notes from so many of Bill's friends, I realize what a greatly loved man he was. My sister (Alice) was so blessed in her marriage, and I know she will be greatly comforted by all these wonderful tributes. I so so wish I was there with all my siblings today. I feel horribly guilty for missing it, but it just was not feasible! My prayers and love are with you, Ali & Molly. |
| Location | Charleston, South Carolina |
| May 18, 2000 20:10:45 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Melissa Streeter |
| Message: | I never met you in person, Bill, but had many long conversations with you when I worked at Ashton-Tate, and you were my technical resource. You spoke lovingly of your wife and daughter, and you left a profound and lifetime impression on me with your patience, kindness, humor, intelligence and warmth. So many people thinking lovingly of you over the years, and all the years to come. |
| Location | Menlo Park CA |
| May 18, 2000 17:39:29 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | John Fraim |
| Message: | I met Bill through his wife Alice who I've known almost all my life. Alice was my sister Libby's best friend and really a member of our family in the 60s back in Ohio. She has always been one of my favorite people. So, that 4th of July night in 1995 on the Monterey Pier when I first met Bill, I guess I was not all that surprised when Bill turned out to be such a fantastic person. After all, he married a fantastic woman. The next time I saw Bill was 4 years later - again, over the 4th of July. There was the great barbecue at Bill and Alice's, wonderful conversation and a tour upstairs to look at the trains. (I could identify since I've always loved model trains). The last time I saw Bill was dinner in Carmel Valley at a Mexican restaurant. It was a great evening. Lots of laughter and more than a few Margaritas. In these few short times, I could see that my old and dear friend Alice (one of the best women in the world) had also found one of the best men in the world. And meeting Molly, knew that they had created one of the most wonderful girls in the world. So rare when this whole combination comes together. Here's to a person I wish I could have known better. And here's to a wonderful lifelong friend Alice ... and of course Molly. |
| Location | Santa Rosa, CA |
| May 18, 2000 03:27:55 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Craig J. Mathias |
| Message: | My favorite memory of Bill, out of an awful lot of them (we had offices right next to each other for two years, and we were very close friends), was the time we put the band together, quite literally. Bill and I both loved the blues, and as GRiD Systems' 1982 Christmas party approached, we decided to form "Big Bazoo and the Blue Warriors", along with Dan Price, Larry Gravelle, and Glenn Edens. We initially approached this as just a bit of light entertainment, but Bill had a great blues voice, and we got a little more serious. I've been in a number of bands, but I've never had more fun than that one-night stand. As we played the first song, Bill came onstage with a GRiD Compass (the first laptop computer, for those of you who missed it!) in a briefcase, took it out, and proceeded to join us on "keyboards". It was a really priceless moment. He then launched into "Burnin' in the Fog", a truly whacked tune that he wrote the lyrics for, and knocked the audience flat. It was amazing, since we'd never gotten it right in rehearsal, but that was really his moment. He had a way of bringing things together. Bill was also the Grand Bazoo of East Uzbeckistan, a mythical country with a rich history. I remember how our little improvisations on this theme would get a bit out of hand, irritating some of the senior management and totally mystifying the recent additions to the staff. I'll never forget the Snarg fish, a creature that lived on toxic waste, Bardahl (the country's capital city, of course), Empress Garbagia, and her snotty sister, Snargetta. Bill was one of the most creative, and truly, genuinely nice, people I've ever met. I moved out of California in 1986 and didn't get to speak with him much after that. But we would occasionally talk on the phone or by e-mail. Even when he was ill, the spark was still there. It took only microseconds, and we were back at GRiD in 1982, the laughter so intense I couldn't breathe. I miss him very much, and I grieve at his loss. But I'm so very enriched from having known him, and I'm so grateful for the time we spent together. His life was much too brief; maybe life always is, just by definition. But he left the world a much better place than he found it, and that's to my way of thinking the best definition of success. So, here's to Bill, the Blues Warrior and The Grand Bazoo, and so much more. Thx. Craig. |
| Location | Farpoint Group/Ashland MA USA |
| May 18, 2000 00:22:10 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | John Ellenby |
| Message: | Bill and I worked together at GRiD. He always had something wonderful going on. Laughter surrounded and immediate yet almost everything deeper and more subtle... he had a way about him that captured the moment and yet placed ideas in your head that stayed with you and got deeper over time. He savored the meaning of words and would turn them over like cherished pebbles and rearrange them until suddenly there was a new thought and a new structure and just the meaning that he wanted. He was extraordinary. |
| Location | Auckland, New Zealand |
| May 17, 2000 19:41:36 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Doug Engfer |
| Message: | I first met Bill at GRiD Systems in 1982. As a scrub in the business world, and having just escaped the button-down atmosphere of CDC (Control Data, not the Centers for Disease Control), I didn't quite know what to make of this character. Bill, while brilliant and committed to his work, was also brilliant and committed to living and sharing a rich life. Too few of us ever reach that level of wisdom. With Bill's example as guidance, I hope I can someday. |
| Location | Santa Cruz |
| May 17, 2000 18:33:08 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Derek and Sharon James |
| Message: | A lovely man with a wonderful sense of humour and zest for life. We send our love and good wishes to Molly and Alice. |
| Location | London, England |
| May 17, 2000 09:27:47 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Brian Edwards |
| Message: | In the short time I knew Bill, I knew I had met a very special person. My wife Christine and I will both mis him very much. It is a privelege to have known him |
| Location | Manchester, England |
| May 17, 2000 06:35:12 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | James P. Calandra , CPA |
| Message: | I have been Bill and Alices' accountant for the last ten or more years. I alwayslooked forward to my annual appointmentwith Bill , he was always very organizedand gentle. He will be missed by many. |
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| May 16, 2000 22:59:11 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | F Britt Burns |
| Message: | Bill?I remember Bill when he was Lynn.Those olden days when we were at Menlo school for boys. I still remember him driving his sports car, I forget what make, down the hall at Patterson Hall. I don't think any of us had a driver license. Ofcourse his car had a "mouth motor" you know like "mouth guitar".He would race anyone.That seems along time ago-but some how just like yesterday.I feel very lucky to have had Lynn or Bill touch my heart.I know you are gone but not forgotten.Britt Burns |
| Location | Sedona, Arizona |
| May 16, 2000 21:50:32 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Carol Hankins |
| Message: | I will miss Bill a lot. I met him at GRiD in 1981(?). Besides being a terrific writer, he kept us in stitches during the start up years. Most of us would make sure we were there before he came in to see what zany character he would portray at work that morning. More often than not, he was The Grand Bazu from Uzbekistan. I was going out with a guy named Bob at the time he met Alice, and we used to talk about making a movie "Bob, Carol, Bazu, and Alice".We lost someone special.My best |
| Location | Palo Alto, CA |
| May 16, 2000 19:47:11 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Paul Fridlund |
| Message: | What can I say. I've known Bill for about 15 years. When we first met, he mentioned he was into computers and Garrison Keiller, the rest was history. To my best friend, mentor, and always a card, Godspeed. |
| Location | Monterey, California |
| May 16, 2000 19:31:58 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Geri Younggren (geriy@nwlink.com) |
| Message: | I first got to know Bill in 1987 when we were both working at Apple. I wasn't working directly with Bill, but my friend Jody Larson was his editor on the infamous "Silver Surfer" (aka Fourth Dimension) and she somehow brought Bill and me together, probably over a sushi lunch. Although I don't have a specific memory of this, it seems likely that the three of us laughed so much that it was hard to finish the hamachi.Bill always seemed to me an odd cross between an old school preppy and a misplaced southern gentleman. Bill managed to combine the courtly with rapid acerbic wit, all bundled in proper preppy oxford cloth and khaki. There was a tremendous delicate kindness about Bill. His courtesy wasn't simple etiquette; it was borne of great sensitivity and tenderness.As Bill and I got to know each other we discovered a mutual interest in spirituality. Bill was a seeker. He was always looking for the key, the metaphysical basis for the troubling world around him. Bill was always enthusiastic, in the original sense of the word: he was with God. He was continually engaged in looking for ultimate truth in various beliefs and practices. Bill's search was pure in the sense that he wasn't looking for something that would fix him or his life. He was looking for much bigger answers. His final years in the Catholic Church gave him great comfort, and integrated his personal spiritual life with his family life, something I believe he had always wanted.Bill was also blessed with a profoundly erotic nature. I mean this in the sense that he was at home and alive in his senses and felt the ecstatic attraction to experience that comes to those who are open in this way. This was a gift he gave to others in various ways, from his finely crafted prose to his love of Dickens and old trains. It made him a friend whose broad understanding of human nature could be called upon when his friends needed it. In a grand way, Bill was open--mind, heart, body, and soul.Bill was simply a good man. He tried harder to live an ethical life than anyone I've known. And I believe he succeeded. He knew himself well. He learned from experience. He was able--and willing--to accept the often paradoxical nature of human existence. He was humble.I came to love Bill dearly and during the last few years he was an excellent friend to me. He struggled daily to fulfill his commitments, to be a good person in all his relationships. He gave me the gift of his humor, his patience, his caring heart. All of us who were lucky to be his friends will miss him terribly. |
| Location | Carnation, Washington |
| May 16, 2000 19:24:47 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Joe Burke-Dobbie |
| Message: | One of the nicest guys I've ever met. Bill's emails were the ones I always opened first and definately the most enjoyed. His interest in England, and my interest in America were the perfect combination. I shall never forget the friendship we had and regret that we never had the chance to meet face to face. He was a wonderful kind man. My condolences go to Alice and Molly. |
| Location | London, England |
| May 16, 2000 18:33:31 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Dick Kors |
| Message: | A great friend of nearly 30 years with many dimensions who will always be remembered for the great times we spent together and for the many stimulating and entertaining conversations. |
| Location | Mountain View |
| May 16, 2000 17:33:10 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Michael, Barbara, & Jonathan Oberholtzer |
| Message: | He was a great friend, wit, & loyal Beatle-People.HE WILL BE REMEMBERED.Our prayers to Alice, Molly, & their family & friends. |
| Location | Van Nuys, California |
| May 16, 2000 15:43:12 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Michael, Barbara, & Jonathan Oberholtzer |
| Message: | He was a great friend, wit, & loyal Beatle-People.HE WILL BE REMEMBER.Our prayers to Alice, Molly, & their family & friends. |
| Location | Van Nuys, California |
| May 16, 2000 15:42:55 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Ken White |
| Message: | Let 'er RIP Bill. We will miss you. A HS pal. |
| Location | Bangkok, Thailand |
| May 16, 2000 15:40:24 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | D Billings |
| Message: | A great high school friend. |
| Location | Delano ,California |
| May 16, 2000 15:35:11 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Thomas Ricks |
| Message: | I met Bill while living in the Monterey area and studying at DLI and we enjoyed some great times together during that period. Ever since then I have known him to be a man with a great love for God and a tremendous man of prayer. He will be missed tremendously by those of us fortunate enough to have known him. |
| Location | Front Royal, VA |
| May 16, 2000 15:34:11 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Sue Ewing and Devin and Michael Elliott |
| Message: | Bill, Thank you for loving my dear friend so deeply. She is forever blessed to have spent her happiest years (so far) with you. And thank you for giving us Molly, who will continue to let us remember you with her spirit. Come back for them when God lets them come to you.Love, Sue, Michael, and Devin |
| Location | Monterey, CA |
| May 16, 2000 15:11:39 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Carol Ketteridge |
| Message: | I'm glad I had the chance to meet Bill when I worked in the TIL (Tech Info Library) group at Apple. He had such a wonderful personality and you could talk to him about anything. You'll be missed Bill...rest in peace. |
| Location | Cupertino, CA |
| May 16, 2000 15:08:30 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | darline and ed kruk |
| Message: | although i never met bill i was always in contact with kay kruk (our daughter)i have been saying novenas for bill since we heard he was ill. i guess the LORD knewwhat he was doing because now we have another angel in heaven looking after us. and from what kay told me i know it's true. kay's dad has one of the rosary beads he made and treasures them.our prayers are with you alice and your daughter.GOD be with you |
| Location | ansonia conn |
| May 16, 2000 14:10:16 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Gordon L. Mead Gordo@prodigy.net |
| Message: | A great associate. I will miss him verymuch. May God be with you. Gordon |
| Location | Old Knickerbockers---Menlo Park |
| May 16, 2000 07:07:50 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Kay Kruk |
| Message: | I met Bill at Apple in 1988. We always got a case of the "sillies" when we saw, talked to, or e-mailed each other. We often went to Sizzlers for lunch for some good talks, lots of laughs, but mostly to see who could eat more than the other.I will remember Bill always. He was one of the good guys! Thank you for the "pairs of rosaries".My prayers and thoughts are with Alice and Molly. |
| Location | Milpitas, CA |
| May 16, 2000 06:55:36 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Alix North |
| Message: | I only knew Bill about a year, but I felt a strong kinship with him almost immediately...I'll miss our talk of trains and his teasing me about my Dawn dolls. He had a great sense of humor and was a joy to be around. I'm am so sorry we did not have more time to strengthen our friendship. My thoughts are with you, Bill. |
| Location | San Francisco |
| May 16, 2000 06:19:43 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | David & Cheryl Way |
| Message: | I met Bill through my long friendship with Ken Chan. I have known Ken since 1981 where we first worked together at Shugart. My wife and I only met Bill one time face to face (for lunch). She enjoyed meeting him very much.He will be missed.Dave & Cheryl Way |
| Location | 243 laumer ave san jose ca 95127 |
| May 16, 2000 05:43:51 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Mike Sacauskis |
| Message: | I will miss Bill sense of humour. |
| Location | Pacific Grove, CA |
| May 16, 2000 05:22:51 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | John and Megan Zimmer |
| Message: | Our prayers are with you. |
| Location | Redondo Beach, California |
| May 16, 2000 05:15:41 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Scott and Leslie Gray and family |
| Message: | Bill was so kind to my family. He was truly the good Samaritan to all he passed. We are all better for walking beside him a while in our journey. Our thoughts and prayers go out to all who will miss him as we will. |
| Location | Dayton, Ohio |
| May 16, 2000 05:03:01 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Doug Smith/UPRR Engineer |
| Message: | I never met Bill personally, but from our conversations over the net, I know this world is the poorer for his passing. We could all learn a lesson from his example of love and compassion. As the Irish say, Bill, may ye be an hour in Heaven before the Devil knows you're gone. And put in a good word for the rest of us...... |
| Location | Kenosha, WI |
| May 16, 2000 04:45:53 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Jeff Walden |
| Message: | I knew Bill for over 20 years. It doesn't seem long enough. |
| Location | Incline Village, NV |
| May 16, 2000 03:44:17 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Stephen Hatch |
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| Location | Ukiah CA |
| May 16, 2000 03:43:06 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | John Huber |
| Message: | I am really going to miss meeting Bill at Harry's Hofbrau, where we would enjoy tasty (but unhealthy) food and great conversation about family, career, religion, travel, and the colorful colleagues we'd encountered at Apple and Etak. |
| Location | Campbell California |
| May 15, 2000 20:23:55 (GMT Time) |