Raised in Tribute:
$1582.35William "Bill" Louis Wiser
September 25,1950 - June 17, 2021
Bill Wiser passed away from complications of Parkinson's disease.
Born in Glasgow Montana, Bill spent his childhood years in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Bill married his high school sweetheart Pamala Gay Merrill and attended Utah State. After Graduating with a BS in Accounting, Bill and Gay moved to California to raise a family, eventually settling in Livermore, CA in the summer of 1976.
Work for Bill began early in life, he was only 10 when his father died. To help the family Bill held many odd jobs in his youth. His favorite by far was working as a bus boy with his Mom "Tot", a cook at the Pancake House in Idaho Falls. Hard work and the love of his Mom and Sister Sherry laid the foundation that would help make Bill successful in many facets of his life . Bill was a commodities broker for over 30 years, eventually becoming a Partner and Vice President of McKeany-Flavell. Over the years the people at McKeany-Flavell became a second family.
Bill had a great sense of humor, loved spending time with his family, cooking and the outdoors. Bill was happiest amongst the trees, he loved the mountains of California, Idaho and Montana.
Most of all Bill was kind and thoughtful, admired for his positivity and dedication to his family and work.
Bill is preceded in death by his father Shelby Wiser and mother Lillian Eleanor Wiser. Bill is survived by wife Pamala Gay Wiser; sister Sherry Schmitt and nephew Eric Schmitt; son Lance Wiser, wife Anne Wiser; daughter Tracy Donlin, husband Basil Donlin; three wonderful grandchildren Kate Wiser, Joe Wiser and Edward Donlin.
The Michael J. Fox Foundation is dedicated to finding a cure for Parkinson's disease and to ensuring the development of improved therapies for those living with Parkinson's today. The Foundation is the world's largest nonprofit funder of Parkinson's research, with more than $800 million in high-impact research funded to date.
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