Bill was a WWII Veteran in the US Navy, who was assigned to the USS Heywood during the War and worked on ship communications equipment in Baltimore, MD. Later, he owned and operated Bill's Radio and TV Service at 120 N. 14th Street, in Olean, during the 1950s and early 1960s. He fell off a roof fixing a TV antenna, injured himself, and had to give up his business. So, he obtained a position with Clark Brothers (Dresser-Rand) and was employed there until just a few months before his death from liver cancer in 1967.
Bill was a professional bowler, who once scored a perfect game "300" at the Bowlean. He participated in several tournaments and appeared on Pro Bowling televised events during the late 1950s and early 60s, winning many trophies and awards.
He was also an inventor of sorts, amazing the whole family with a tinted plastic screen cover on the old b&w TV one night, that resembled (maybe inspired by) a Winky Dink Magic Drawing Screen, which gave us the illusion that we were watching color TV.
He was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church and taught Sunday School there.
Interment 7 July 1967.
Bill was a professional bowler, who once scored a perfect game "300" at the Bowlean. He participated in several tournaments and appeared on Pro Bowling televised events during the late 1950s and early 60s, winning many trophies and awards.
He was also an inventor of sorts, amazing the whole family with a tinted plastic screen cover on the old b&w TV one night, that resembled (maybe inspired by) a Winky Dink Magic Drawing Screen, which gave us the illusion that we were watching color TV.
He was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church and taught Sunday School there.
Interment 7 July 1967.
Bill was a WWII Veteran in the US Navy, who was assigned to the USS Heywood during the War and worked on ship communications equipment in Baltimore, MD. Later, he owned and operated Bill's Radio and TV Service at 120 N. 14th Street, in Olean, during the 1950s and early 1960s. He fell off a roof fixing a TV antenna, injured himself, and had to give up his business. So, he obtained a position with Clark Brothers (Dresser-Rand) and was employed there until just a few months before his death from liver cancer in 1967.
Bill was a professional bowler, who once scored a perfect game "300" at the Bowlean. He participated in several tournaments and appeared on Pro Bowling televised events during the late 1950s and early 60s, winning many trophies and awards.
He was also an inventor of sorts, amazing the whole family with a tinted plastic screen cover on the old b&w TV one night, that resembled (maybe inspired by) a Winky Dink Magic Drawing Screen, which gave us the illusion that we were watching color TV.
He was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church and taught Sunday School there.
Interment 7 July 1967.
Bill was a professional bowler, who once scored a perfect game "300" at the Bowlean. He participated in several tournaments and appeared on Pro Bowling televised events during the late 1950s and early 60s, winning many trophies and awards.
He was also an inventor of sorts, amazing the whole family with a tinted plastic screen cover on the old b&w TV one night, that resembled (maybe inspired by) a Winky Dink Magic Drawing Screen, which gave us the illusion that we were watching color TV.
He was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church and taught Sunday School there.
Interment 7 July 1967.
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