Burpee, Carpenter & Hutchins Funeral Home

We are profoundly sorry for this world's loss of our dear friend, Bill, but celebrate that he is in the closer presence of the Lord he served and introduced to so many people. He was a major influence in the career choice of the priest in this family and a trusted confidant of that priest's wife. As everyone knows, this saint also had his quirks, one of which being lack of acceptance of alternative sexual lifestyles. We took him to lunch one day to Murray's Office, a popular restaurant. He enjoyed the attentive servers, the flirting staff , as much as the food. Only after we left was he told the entire staff was comprised of transvestites. We believe he became more accepting as he enjoyed the humor surrounding the situation but his lunch remained a big surprise. Our hearts are with his family who paralleled the lives of our children. Patty and Butch