Bill was the eldest of five children of Archibald "Archie" Lawrence & Viola Adeline Marlin. He was born in the home of his maternal grandparents on Hulmeville Avenue to the left of the water tower, in the front bedroom where his mother's bedroom was before her marriage. (Her second child would be born there too.)
As a young man of 16 his father encouraged him to leave school to work for him in the masonry business. It wasn't until years later that he would earn a high school GED. Over the years Bill held a variety of jobs. Working in a crew for Sylvan pools, then as one of the first finishers in the sheet rock business, driving a Euchlid earthmover for James D. Morrissey in a quarry, and finally for Bucks County Water & Sewer attaining the job of supervisor before retiring in 2000.
As a young man he loved hunting and fishing and in his later years archery contests. One of his many pursuits as a teenager was running a muskrat trapline in Langhorne, PA along Highway 1. He also enjoyed crow hunting in farmers' fields plagued by them varmints. Rabbit hunting with the family beagle "Bill's Best Buckshot" or just plain Bucky, or his own Bloodhound which he had for a short while. Pheasant, squirrel, and especially deer hunting were all things he loved to do. Bill spent one summer in Alaska as a game warden in 1954? and ended up having to wire home for money for a ticket back to Bucks County. Bill spent two years in the U.S. Army, stationed in a variety of places stateside. He married his high school sweetheart in 1957 but later the marriage was anulled. In 1964 he married again and had three daughters. Bill is survived by his wife and daughters as well as three brothers and a sister.
As a young man of 16 his father encouraged him to leave school to work for him in the masonry business. It wasn't until years later that he would earn a high school GED. Over the years Bill held a variety of jobs. Working in a crew for Sylvan pools, then as one of the first finishers in the sheet rock business, driving a Euchlid earthmover for James D. Morrissey in a quarry, and finally for Bucks County Water & Sewer attaining the job of supervisor before retiring in 2000.
As a young man he loved hunting and fishing and in his later years archery contests. One of his many pursuits as a teenager was running a muskrat trapline in Langhorne, PA along Highway 1. He also enjoyed crow hunting in farmers' fields plagued by them varmints. Rabbit hunting with the family beagle "Bill's Best Buckshot" or just plain Bucky, or his own Bloodhound which he had for a short while. Pheasant, squirrel, and especially deer hunting were all things he loved to do. Bill spent one summer in Alaska as a game warden in 1954? and ended up having to wire home for money for a ticket back to Bucks County. Bill spent two years in the U.S. Army, stationed in a variety of places stateside. He married his high school sweetheart in 1957 but later the marriage was anulled. In 1964 he married again and had three daughters. Bill is survived by his wife and daughters as well as three brothers and a sister.
Bill was the eldest of five children of Archibald "Archie" Lawrence & Viola Adeline Marlin. He was born in the home of his maternal grandparents on Hulmeville Avenue to the left of the water tower, in the front bedroom where his mother's bedroom was before her marriage. (Her second child would be born there too.)
As a young man of 16 his father encouraged him to leave school to work for him in the masonry business. It wasn't until years later that he would earn a high school GED. Over the years Bill held a variety of jobs. Working in a crew for Sylvan pools, then as one of the first finishers in the sheet rock business, driving a Euchlid earthmover for James D. Morrissey in a quarry, and finally for Bucks County Water & Sewer attaining the job of supervisor before retiring in 2000.
As a young man he loved hunting and fishing and in his later years archery contests. One of his many pursuits as a teenager was running a muskrat trapline in Langhorne, PA along Highway 1. He also enjoyed crow hunting in farmers' fields plagued by them varmints. Rabbit hunting with the family beagle "Bill's Best Buckshot" or just plain Bucky, or his own Bloodhound which he had for a short while. Pheasant, squirrel, and especially deer hunting were all things he loved to do. Bill spent one summer in Alaska as a game warden in 1954? and ended up having to wire home for money for a ticket back to Bucks County. Bill spent two years in the U.S. Army, stationed in a variety of places stateside. He married his high school sweetheart in 1957 but later the marriage was anulled. In 1964 he married again and had three daughters. Bill is survived by his wife and daughters as well as three brothers and a sister.
As a young man of 16 his father encouraged him to leave school to work for him in the masonry business. It wasn't until years later that he would earn a high school GED. Over the years Bill held a variety of jobs. Working in a crew for Sylvan pools, then as one of the first finishers in the sheet rock business, driving a Euchlid earthmover for James D. Morrissey in a quarry, and finally for Bucks County Water & Sewer attaining the job of supervisor before retiring in 2000.
As a young man he loved hunting and fishing and in his later years archery contests. One of his many pursuits as a teenager was running a muskrat trapline in Langhorne, PA along Highway 1. He also enjoyed crow hunting in farmers' fields plagued by them varmints. Rabbit hunting with the family beagle "Bill's Best Buckshot" or just plain Bucky, or his own Bloodhound which he had for a short while. Pheasant, squirrel, and especially deer hunting were all things he loved to do. Bill spent one summer in Alaska as a game warden in 1954? and ended up having to wire home for money for a ticket back to Bucks County. Bill spent two years in the U.S. Army, stationed in a variety of places stateside. He married his high school sweetheart in 1957 but later the marriage was anulled. In 1964 he married again and had three daughters. Bill is survived by his wife and daughters as well as three brothers and a sister.
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