In Memoriam

“WILD BILL” PRICE

1913 - 2006

“Wild Bill” with his 4 lb 3 oz lunker
caught at Trumbull at 4:00PM on
Monday on the 17^th in 1990 - it
would have won the derby!

With a great sense of sadness and loss, we learn that “Wild Bill” Price passed away on Sunday May 9, 2006, after failing to recover from his most recent surgery.

We all know and will remember “Wild Bill” for his quiet demeanor and his dry sense of humor – as he was always even willing to poke fun at his own age. We should remember him by remembering his excitement - just to be “back on the Fishin’ Mission again this year, especially given the options”. This is what Red wanted to say………

"My dad was born Nov. 15, 1913 and he was 92 when he died. His full name was George William Price, but he was nicknamed Bill all of his life. The majority of his life, he was an electrical contractor doing large single family homes (his dad passed away in 1948, so he took over some of the contracts that his dad was working on and just stuck around). In the 30's he worked in a furniture manufacturing plant (Angelus Furniture in LA) and when WWII broke out he was rejected as 4F due to a weak heart (he made it for 66 more years before his weak heart finally got him!). The furniture plant was converted to constructing invasion gliders, so that's what he did during that period. He bought 22 acres in Mariposa in 1953 for $2500. It had two cabins on it and he "lived" with the dream to retire on the property which he was able to do in 1976, so he got in 30 years of retirement."

WE’LL MISS YOU “WILD BILL” – AND WE’LL ALWAYS HAVE A LINE IN FOR YA!!!

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