a.k.a. "Grandpop Bill". Of Dutch descent, he was a retired seaman and fathered two daughters via his first wife, Helen in Baltimore, Maryland. His last residence was in Union City, New Jersey along with his second wife, Solange, known more affectionately as "Sunny". Sunny returned to France (where she kept dual citizenship) sometime prior to 1999 and we've had no further contact from her or anyone in her family. He is buried in Oak Lawn Cemetery on Eastern Avenue in Baltimore; but we're unsure of the exact location.
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Bak, NMU Pioneer, dies in PHS hospital
TO THE PILOT, Feb. 4 — My husband, William Bak, died Jan. 18 in the Staten Island Marine Hospital. Many of his friends will remember him from sailing as quartermaster on the big passenger ships — the SS United States, Constitution, LaGuardia, Excambion, America, Argentina and others.
He loved NMU, having been a member from the early days. He helped out in the American Coal fight, going down to Savannah to do so; and was a Delegate to the 1951 NMU Convention from the SS Argentina.
My husband and I blessed the Union many times for having succeeded in keeping the Staten Island Marine Hospital open. He received treatment for emphysema there over the years.
In recent times, after his health failed, he delighted to visit the hall and talk with other oldtimers and younger seamen as well. While in the Marine Hospital his greatest joy was to see the ships — alas, too few American ships now — coming and going in the harbor.
In addition to myself, he is survived by two daughters, seven grandchildren, and three great-grand-children. —Mrs. Solange Bak, Union City, N.J.
The NMU PILOT — March 1974
Cause of Death: Emphysema
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Bak, NMU Pioneer, dies in PHS hospital
TO THE PILOT, Feb. 4 — My husband, William Bak, died Jan. 18 in the Staten Island Marine Hospital. Many of his friends will remember him from sailing as quartermaster on the big passenger ships — the SS United States, Constitution, LaGuardia, Excambion, America, Argentina and others.
He loved NMU, having been a member from the early days. He helped out in the American Coal fight, going down to Savannah to do so; and was a Delegate to the 1951 NMU Convention from the SS Argentina.
My husband and I blessed the Union many times for having succeeded in keeping the Staten Island Marine Hospital open. He received treatment for emphysema there over the years.
In recent times, after his health failed, he delighted to visit the hall and talk with other oldtimers and younger seamen as well. While in the Marine Hospital his greatest joy was to see the ships — alas, too few American ships now — coming and going in the harbor.
In addition to myself, he is survived by two daughters, seven grandchildren, and three great-grand-children. —Mrs. Solange Bak, Union City, N.J.
The NMU PILOT — March 1974
Cause of Death: Emphysema
a.k.a. "Grandpop Bill". Of Dutch descent, he was a retired seaman and fathered two daughters via his first wife, Helen in Baltimore, Maryland. His last residence was in Union City, New Jersey along with his second wife, Solange, known more affectionately as "Sunny". Sunny returned to France (where she kept dual citizenship) sometime prior to 1999 and we've had no further contact from her or anyone in her family. He is buried in Oak Lawn Cemetery on Eastern Avenue in Baltimore; but we're unsure of the exact location.
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Bak, NMU Pioneer, dies in PHS hospital
TO THE PILOT, Feb. 4 — My husband, William Bak, died Jan. 18 in the Staten Island Marine Hospital. Many of his friends will remember him from sailing as quartermaster on the big passenger ships — the SS United States, Constitution, LaGuardia, Excambion, America, Argentina and others.
He loved NMU, having been a member from the early days. He helped out in the American Coal fight, going down to Savannah to do so; and was a Delegate to the 1951 NMU Convention from the SS Argentina.
My husband and I blessed the Union many times for having succeeded in keeping the Staten Island Marine Hospital open. He received treatment for emphysema there over the years.
In recent times, after his health failed, he delighted to visit the hall and talk with other oldtimers and younger seamen as well. While in the Marine Hospital his greatest joy was to see the ships — alas, too few American ships now — coming and going in the harbor.
In addition to myself, he is survived by two daughters, seven grandchildren, and three great-grand-children. —Mrs. Solange Bak, Union City, N.J.
The NMU PILOT — March 1974
Cause of Death: Emphysema
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Bak, NMU Pioneer, dies in PHS hospital
TO THE PILOT, Feb. 4 — My husband, William Bak, died Jan. 18 in the Staten Island Marine Hospital. Many of his friends will remember him from sailing as quartermaster on the big passenger ships — the SS United States, Constitution, LaGuardia, Excambion, America, Argentina and others.
He loved NMU, having been a member from the early days. He helped out in the American Coal fight, going down to Savannah to do so; and was a Delegate to the 1951 NMU Convention from the SS Argentina.
My husband and I blessed the Union many times for having succeeded in keeping the Staten Island Marine Hospital open. He received treatment for emphysema there over the years.
In recent times, after his health failed, he delighted to visit the hall and talk with other oldtimers and younger seamen as well. While in the Marine Hospital his greatest joy was to see the ships — alas, too few American ships now — coming and going in the harbor.
In addition to myself, he is survived by two daughters, seven grandchildren, and three great-grand-children. —Mrs. Solange Bak, Union City, N.J.
The NMU PILOT — March 1974
Cause of Death: Emphysema
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