STAPLES, WILLIAM LOUIS
US PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
SP4 US ARMY
VIETNAM
DATE OF BIRTH: 01/28/1941
DATE OF DEATH: 12/05/2014
BURIED AT: SECTION EE3 SITE 1343
WILLAMETTE NATIONAL CEMETERY
Bill “Bo Jack” Staples, an enthusiastic Bahá’í nearly five decades, worked as a civil engineer and road builder, serving Bahá’í communities in Utah, Puerto Rico, Alaska, New Mexico and Oregon. He passed away December 5, 2014.
Born in Mississippi and brought up there and in Tennessee, he served a tour of duty in the Army. He accepted the Bahá’í Faith in 1966 about the time of his discharge. Before long he was married and raising a family, studying civil engineering at the University of Utah, and serving on the Spiritual Assembly of Salt Lake County.
In 1974 Bill took a job in the San Juan area of Puerto Rico, and during his two years as a Bahá’í pioneer there he served on the that island’s national Bahá’í properties committee. Later, pioneering again in Ketchikan and then Anchorage, Alaska, he was on the teaching and convention committees.
In Albuquerque, New Mexico, and the Portland area of Oregon he worked for the Bureau of Indian Affairs until his retirement. He was active for several years afterward, as a transit driver and an outdoorsman.
William Staples’ survivors include a daughter, Deniece; a son, Vahid; a sister, Vera; a brother, JD Miller; and two grandchildren.
US PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
SP4 US ARMY
VIETNAM
DATE OF BIRTH: 01/28/1941
DATE OF DEATH: 12/05/2014
BURIED AT: SECTION EE3 SITE 1343
WILLAMETTE NATIONAL CEMETERY
Bill “Bo Jack” Staples, an enthusiastic Bahá’í nearly five decades, worked as a civil engineer and road builder, serving Bahá’í communities in Utah, Puerto Rico, Alaska, New Mexico and Oregon. He passed away December 5, 2014.
Born in Mississippi and brought up there and in Tennessee, he served a tour of duty in the Army. He accepted the Bahá’í Faith in 1966 about the time of his discharge. Before long he was married and raising a family, studying civil engineering at the University of Utah, and serving on the Spiritual Assembly of Salt Lake County.
In 1974 Bill took a job in the San Juan area of Puerto Rico, and during his two years as a Bahá’í pioneer there he served on the that island’s national Bahá’í properties committee. Later, pioneering again in Ketchikan and then Anchorage, Alaska, he was on the teaching and convention committees.
In Albuquerque, New Mexico, and the Portland area of Oregon he worked for the Bureau of Indian Affairs until his retirement. He was active for several years afterward, as a transit driver and an outdoorsman.
William Staples’ survivors include a daughter, Deniece; a son, Vahid; a sister, Vera; a brother, JD Miller; and two grandchildren.
STAPLES, WILLIAM LOUIS
US PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
SP4 US ARMY
VIETNAM
DATE OF BIRTH: 01/28/1941
DATE OF DEATH: 12/05/2014
BURIED AT: SECTION EE3 SITE 1343
WILLAMETTE NATIONAL CEMETERY
Bill “Bo Jack” Staples, an enthusiastic Bahá’í nearly five decades, worked as a civil engineer and road builder, serving Bahá’í communities in Utah, Puerto Rico, Alaska, New Mexico and Oregon. He passed away December 5, 2014.
Born in Mississippi and brought up there and in Tennessee, he served a tour of duty in the Army. He accepted the Bahá’í Faith in 1966 about the time of his discharge. Before long he was married and raising a family, studying civil engineering at the University of Utah, and serving on the Spiritual Assembly of Salt Lake County.
In 1974 Bill took a job in the San Juan area of Puerto Rico, and during his two years as a Bahá’í pioneer there he served on the that island’s national Bahá’í properties committee. Later, pioneering again in Ketchikan and then Anchorage, Alaska, he was on the teaching and convention committees.
In Albuquerque, New Mexico, and the Portland area of Oregon he worked for the Bureau of Indian Affairs until his retirement. He was active for several years afterward, as a transit driver and an outdoorsman.
William Staples’ survivors include a daughter, Deniece; a son, Vahid; a sister, Vera; a brother, JD Miller; and two grandchildren.
US PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
SP4 US ARMY
VIETNAM
DATE OF BIRTH: 01/28/1941
DATE OF DEATH: 12/05/2014
BURIED AT: SECTION EE3 SITE 1343
WILLAMETTE NATIONAL CEMETERY
Bill “Bo Jack” Staples, an enthusiastic Bahá’í nearly five decades, worked as a civil engineer and road builder, serving Bahá’í communities in Utah, Puerto Rico, Alaska, New Mexico and Oregon. He passed away December 5, 2014.
Born in Mississippi and brought up there and in Tennessee, he served a tour of duty in the Army. He accepted the Bahá’í Faith in 1966 about the time of his discharge. Before long he was married and raising a family, studying civil engineering at the University of Utah, and serving on the Spiritual Assembly of Salt Lake County.
In 1974 Bill took a job in the San Juan area of Puerto Rico, and during his two years as a Bahá’í pioneer there he served on the that island’s national Bahá’í properties committee. Later, pioneering again in Ketchikan and then Anchorage, Alaska, he was on the teaching and convention committees.
In Albuquerque, New Mexico, and the Portland area of Oregon he worked for the Bureau of Indian Affairs until his retirement. He was active for several years afterward, as a transit driver and an outdoorsman.
William Staples’ survivors include a daughter, Deniece; a son, Vahid; a sister, Vera; a brother, JD Miller; and two grandchildren.
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