William H Baptist
August 25, 1947 - December 24, 2013
Obituary
BAPTIST, WILLIAM
FITCHBURG-William Bapist, age 66, of Fitchburg, passed away on Dec. 24, 2013, at his home. He was born on August 25, 1947, in Bloomington, Ill., the son of Howard and Irene (Varner) Baptist. Bill married Bonnie MacGregor on June 7, 1980 in Des Moines, Iowa. He attended East High School in Waterloo, Iowa and graduated from the University of Northern Iowa with two Bachelor’s degrees; Business and Physical Education. He was an IZOD representative for many years and taught throughout Wisconsin until retiring from Memorial High School in 2006. Bill coached JV football, JV basketball and golf at West High School. Bill is survived by his loving wife of 33 years; step-daughters, Sandra (Scott) Kephart, and Sue Marr; and grandchildren, Aaron, Anna, Laura Landgraf, Hunter Kephart and Dylan Marr. He was preceded in death by his parents. A Memorial Service will be held at CHRIST MEMORIAL LUTHERAN CHURCH, 2833 Raritan Road, Fitchburg, at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Dane County Humane Society. Online condolences may be made to www.gundersonfh.com.
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Sat Jan 11, 2014 @ 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM CDT
Christ Memorial Lutheran Church (Fitchburg) • 2833 Raritan Road, Fitchburg, WI null
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Cindy Hemel
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Sending my deepest sympathies on this loss to your family. May the Lord grant you comfort and peace at this difficult time. Cindy Hemel (formerly Cindy Baptist)
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Diane bensenberg
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Bonnie, I am so sorry for your loss, keep his memory in your heart, it helps. LUV Diane Be nsenberg
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Dianne Schmidt
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Bonnie and Sue, I'm so sorry for your loss...try to remember the wonderful memories. And be kind to yourselves because grieving can be difficult.
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Dawn Pliner
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Bonnie, please call if you need anything. We will do whatever we can to help. Our thoughts and prayers are with you. The Pliner Family
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Sue Lyth
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I co-taught with Bill for one year for typing classes at Memorial. I enjoyed Bill a lot. He was supportive, in fact, he was the only person I shared my separation/pending divorce with for some months....he cautioned me to be careful because someone in his family went thru it and it wasn't a process to help women. Bill seemed a little stiff at first, knew I was a strong advocate for students with disabilities, but otherwise didn't know me. He was able to take jokes when I told the class, and Bill, that we were going to practice "social skills". He said he was not one to change a lot... I told him no problem, it was my job to teach people with ' learning disability' issues. He laughed and went along. He greeted the class every morning in a sincere way, and they did him. The one student that shouldn't have been in the class, I asked to leave; this seemed to surprise Bill. But we agreed that this particular student was not appropriate for the class and was interfering with others learning. We were on the same page. He engaged the students with learning issues, encouraged them to stay on task, and made very clear the expectations. Those students really enjoyed his class and were, for the whole, very successful in learning basic computer/typing skills. I was shocked to learn of his passing...so sorry he didn't have a longer healthy retirement with his family.
My thoughts are with his family..
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Sue Lyth
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Educator in memory of William H. Baptist