William Mack (Bill) Lassleben, was a nearly lifelong resident of Whittier, where he was a partner in the law firm Bewley, Lassleben and Miller, LLP. Bill Lassleben was born in Whittier on April 25, 1923, the first of three sons of William Matthew Lassleben and Helen Mackmiller Lassleben. He graduated from Whittier High School in 1940 and after a year at Whittier College, transferred to the University of California, Berkeley. The day after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, he joined many of his classmates who went to the San Francisco Presidio to enlist in the United States Army and served in the Army Corps of Engineers from 1942 to 1946. He returned to Berkeley to complete his undergraduate degree in 1947, and his law degree in 1950. Following law school, Lassleben returned to Whittier and joined Bewley, Knoop and Nixon and eventually specialized in estate planning and probate law. He remained with the firm (which evolved into Bewley, Lassleben & Miller) throughout his professional career. He married Elizabeth Caroline Higley, also of Whittier, in 1951. They remained married for 48 years (until her death in 1999) and had three children: W. Mark, Lauren and Brian. Family activities included Boy and Girl Scouts, camping, backpacking, skiing, body surfing, sailing, and travel. In addition to his law practice, Lassleben was active in the Whittier community, serving as a charter member and secretary of the board of directors of Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital for several decades, a member of the board of trustees of Rio Hondo Community College from 1966 to 1981. He was also a long-time member of the Whittier Lions Club. In 2002 he married La Verne Barnett of Diamond Bar. They retired to Carlsbad. Prior to her death in 2010
William Mack (Bill) Lassleben, was a nearly lifelong resident of Whittier, where he was a partner in the law firm Bewley, Lassleben and Miller, LLP. Bill Lassleben was born in Whittier on April 25, 1923, the first of three sons of William Matthew Lassleben and Helen Mackmiller Lassleben. He graduated from Whittier High School in 1940 and after a year at Whittier College, transferred to the University of California, Berkeley. The day after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, he joined many of his classmates who went to the San Francisco Presidio to enlist in the United States Army and served in the Army Corps of Engineers from 1942 to 1946. He returned to Berkeley to complete his undergraduate degree in 1947, and his law degree in 1950. Following law school, Lassleben returned to Whittier and joined Bewley, Knoop and Nixon and eventually specialized in estate planning and probate law. He remained with the firm (which evolved into Bewley, Lassleben & Miller) throughout his professional career. He married Elizabeth Caroline Higley, also of Whittier, in 1951. They remained married for 48 years (until her death in 1999) and had three children: W. Mark, Lauren and Brian. Family activities included Boy and Girl Scouts, camping, backpacking, skiing, body surfing, sailing, and travel. In addition to his law practice, Lassleben was active in the Whittier community, serving as a charter member and secretary of the board of directors of Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital for several decades, a member of the board of trustees of Rio Hondo Community College from 1966 to 1981. He was also a long-time member of the Whittier Lions Club. In 2002 he married La Verne Barnett of Diamond Bar. They retired to Carlsbad. Prior to her death in 2010
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