William Parker Hess died on November 8, 2020 at the Sierra Vista [Arizona] hospital from complications of several strokes and diabetes.
Born on April 13, 1938 to Edward and Edna (MacNear) Hess in Newburgh, New York.
Bill was an Air Force Vietnam Veteran and an Arizona Veteran Hall of Fame Member. He had a 26-year storied career in the Air Force. Upon retirement from the Air Force, he became a 30-year reporter for Wick Communications, reporting on both the Sierra Vista and Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina papers.
Bill is predeceased by his parents; wife, Sally; and son, Stewart. He is survived by his brothers, John and George of New Windsor, New York; his daughter, Tarryl (Gary) Biddle of Benson, Arizona; son, Kevin of Palominos, Arizona; his daughter in law, Beth of Eclectic, Alabama; his grandchildren, Lauren (Robert), Sara (Dennis), Christy, Sarah (Brad), Daniel (Hannah), Sean and Nathan; and his great grandchildren Emma, Jacob, MaCayla, Gregory, Jordan, Benjamin and Parker.
Due to the Covid Virus, there will be no funeral. The family will have a small private memorial at a date to be determined. If you wish to extend your sympathies, please donate to a charity of your choice.
Finally, we would like to extend our thanks to the staff at the Benson and Sierra Vista hospitals who made dad’s final days bearable.
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Bill was the 2012 Arizona Journalist of the Year.
He worked as a reporter for Wick Communications newspapers, the Sierra Vista Herald, from 1984 to 2015, with an interim stint in the early to mid 1990s with the Roanoke Rapids (North Carolina).
Returning to the Herald around 1996, Bill's main beat was Fort Huachuca. He traveled as an imbedded reporter with deploying Fort Huachuca Signal Corps units to Somalia, Kuwait, Iraq, and Afghanistan. In June 2011 Bill and a team of reporters from the Herald, covered the Monument Fire, a wildfire that burned 30,000 acres of forrest and grasslands and destroyed 70 structures from just north of the international border to the wooded canyons south of Sierra Vista.
Born on April 13, 1938 to Edward and Edna (MacNear) Hess in Newburgh, New York.
Bill was an Air Force Vietnam Veteran and an Arizona Veteran Hall of Fame Member. He had a 26-year storied career in the Air Force. Upon retirement from the Air Force, he became a 30-year reporter for Wick Communications, reporting on both the Sierra Vista and Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina papers.
Bill is predeceased by his parents; wife, Sally; and son, Stewart. He is survived by his brothers, John and George of New Windsor, New York; his daughter, Tarryl (Gary) Biddle of Benson, Arizona; son, Kevin of Palominos, Arizona; his daughter in law, Beth of Eclectic, Alabama; his grandchildren, Lauren (Robert), Sara (Dennis), Christy, Sarah (Brad), Daniel (Hannah), Sean and Nathan; and his great grandchildren Emma, Jacob, MaCayla, Gregory, Jordan, Benjamin and Parker.
Due to the Covid Virus, there will be no funeral. The family will have a small private memorial at a date to be determined. If you wish to extend your sympathies, please donate to a charity of your choice.
Finally, we would like to extend our thanks to the staff at the Benson and Sierra Vista hospitals who made dad’s final days bearable.
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Bill was the 2012 Arizona Journalist of the Year.
He worked as a reporter for Wick Communications newspapers, the Sierra Vista Herald, from 1984 to 2015, with an interim stint in the early to mid 1990s with the Roanoke Rapids (North Carolina).
Returning to the Herald around 1996, Bill's main beat was Fort Huachuca. He traveled as an imbedded reporter with deploying Fort Huachuca Signal Corps units to Somalia, Kuwait, Iraq, and Afghanistan. In June 2011 Bill and a team of reporters from the Herald, covered the Monument Fire, a wildfire that burned 30,000 acres of forrest and grasslands and destroyed 70 structures from just north of the international border to the wooded canyons south of Sierra Vista.
William Parker Hess died on November 8, 2020 at the Sierra Vista [Arizona] hospital from complications of several strokes and diabetes.
Born on April 13, 1938 to Edward and Edna (MacNear) Hess in Newburgh, New York.
Bill was an Air Force Vietnam Veteran and an Arizona Veteran Hall of Fame Member. He had a 26-year storied career in the Air Force. Upon retirement from the Air Force, he became a 30-year reporter for Wick Communications, reporting on both the Sierra Vista and Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina papers.
Bill is predeceased by his parents; wife, Sally; and son, Stewart. He is survived by his brothers, John and George of New Windsor, New York; his daughter, Tarryl (Gary) Biddle of Benson, Arizona; son, Kevin of Palominos, Arizona; his daughter in law, Beth of Eclectic, Alabama; his grandchildren, Lauren (Robert), Sara (Dennis), Christy, Sarah (Brad), Daniel (Hannah), Sean and Nathan; and his great grandchildren Emma, Jacob, MaCayla, Gregory, Jordan, Benjamin and Parker.
Due to the Covid Virus, there will be no funeral. The family will have a small private memorial at a date to be determined. If you wish to extend your sympathies, please donate to a charity of your choice.
Finally, we would like to extend our thanks to the staff at the Benson and Sierra Vista hospitals who made dad’s final days bearable.
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Bill was the 2012 Arizona Journalist of the Year.
He worked as a reporter for Wick Communications newspapers, the Sierra Vista Herald, from 1984 to 2015, with an interim stint in the early to mid 1990s with the Roanoke Rapids (North Carolina).
Returning to the Herald around 1996, Bill's main beat was Fort Huachuca. He traveled as an imbedded reporter with deploying Fort Huachuca Signal Corps units to Somalia, Kuwait, Iraq, and Afghanistan. In June 2011 Bill and a team of reporters from the Herald, covered the Monument Fire, a wildfire that burned 30,000 acres of forrest and grasslands and destroyed 70 structures from just north of the international border to the wooded canyons south of Sierra Vista.
Born on April 13, 1938 to Edward and Edna (MacNear) Hess in Newburgh, New York.
Bill was an Air Force Vietnam Veteran and an Arizona Veteran Hall of Fame Member. He had a 26-year storied career in the Air Force. Upon retirement from the Air Force, he became a 30-year reporter for Wick Communications, reporting on both the Sierra Vista and Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina papers.
Bill is predeceased by his parents; wife, Sally; and son, Stewart. He is survived by his brothers, John and George of New Windsor, New York; his daughter, Tarryl (Gary) Biddle of Benson, Arizona; son, Kevin of Palominos, Arizona; his daughter in law, Beth of Eclectic, Alabama; his grandchildren, Lauren (Robert), Sara (Dennis), Christy, Sarah (Brad), Daniel (Hannah), Sean and Nathan; and his great grandchildren Emma, Jacob, MaCayla, Gregory, Jordan, Benjamin and Parker.
Due to the Covid Virus, there will be no funeral. The family will have a small private memorial at a date to be determined. If you wish to extend your sympathies, please donate to a charity of your choice.
Finally, we would like to extend our thanks to the staff at the Benson and Sierra Vista hospitals who made dad’s final days bearable.
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Bill was the 2012 Arizona Journalist of the Year.
He worked as a reporter for Wick Communications newspapers, the Sierra Vista Herald, from 1984 to 2015, with an interim stint in the early to mid 1990s with the Roanoke Rapids (North Carolina).
Returning to the Herald around 1996, Bill's main beat was Fort Huachuca. He traveled as an imbedded reporter with deploying Fort Huachuca Signal Corps units to Somalia, Kuwait, Iraq, and Afghanistan. In June 2011 Bill and a team of reporters from the Herald, covered the Monument Fire, a wildfire that burned 30,000 acres of forrest and grasslands and destroyed 70 structures from just north of the international border to the wooded canyons south of Sierra Vista.
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