Comments on: William Andrew (Bill) Woishnis – R.I.P. http://JamesWillis.net/william-andrew-bill-woishnis-r-i-p/ Website of blogger and writer James Allen Willis Sat, 28 Jan 2012 19:11:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Al Cochran http://JamesWillis.net/william-andrew-bill-woishnis-r-i-p/comment-page-1/#comment-210 Al Cochran Fri, 23 Dec 2011 01:16:54 +0000 http://JamesWillis.net/?p=48#comment-210 If this is the Bill (William) Woishnis that I believe it is, I lived with him in Mountain View Ca. for 2.5 years when he was working for Hewlett Packard back in the early 80's A very fun young man to be with, always had a good word to say about folks and look at life as it was the opportuity to make the world a better place! If this is the Bill (William) Woishnis that I believe it is, I lived with him in Mountain View Ca. for 2.5 years when he was working for Hewlett Packard back in the early 80′s A very fun young man to be with, always had a good word to say about folks and look at life as it was the opportuity to make the world a better place!

]]> By: Joseph Woishnis http://JamesWillis.net/william-andrew-bill-woishnis-r-i-p/comment-page-1/#comment-202 Joseph Woishnis Tue, 27 Sep 2011 11:54:00 +0000 http://JamesWillis.net/?p=48#comment-202 Happy Birthday little Brother. I miss you. Absolutely a different world without you here. You'll be in my thoughts today. They will be happy smiling thoughts of all the things we did together. Happy Birthday. Your Brother Happy Birthday little Brother. I miss you. Absolutely a different world without you here. You’ll be in my thoughts today. They will be happy smiling thoughts of all the things we did together.

Happy Birthday.

Your Brother

]]> By: Joseph Woishnis Jr. http://JamesWillis.net/william-andrew-bill-woishnis-r-i-p/comment-page-1/#comment-190 Joseph Woishnis Jr. Tue, 02 Aug 2011 12:49:09 +0000 http://JamesWillis.net/?p=48#comment-190 August 2nd 2011 William Hi, This day is always going to be a difficult, serene day for me. I wish I could reverse time and go for a walk with you up on the mound. Spending time with you was the most peaceful and safe place in the world. You are my Little Brother. These last couple of years have been very harsh. With your death and the passing of Daddy last year my world has been rocked. You two were my rocks. Its axis has been significantly altered and I have yet to get my footing back. I'm up at my house today. I came here purposely to spend the day with you. It is where I can feel your presence closest in nature and quiet. I also brought my little baby with me. A little cat named "Ian" who has come to be known as "Baby". I nutured him back from close to being put down. I wanted him to be here. I'll go for walks on my property carry you both around and spend the day with you. I'm going to ask you a favor... I need you to watch over me right now. My life is so uncertain and fearful. If you are in a place where you can sprinkle some of your beautiful energy down on me just let it flow. Let it flow through my whole being. I just need to be assured that everything will be okay. It's early the coffee is made. I loved sharing that first cup with you in the morning before anyone else was up. This was the same with Daddy. He always had that coffee made. We used to joke about that. I miss our humor. There isn't a moment that you are not in my heart or thoughts. I look forward to the time our paths cross again so we can dance, laugh, embrace and be joyous. I hope you are okay and taking care of yourself. I truly miss my you. With all the Love a man can give, Your Brother Joseph August 2nd 2011

William Hi,

This day is always going to be a difficult, serene day for me. I wish I could reverse time and go for a walk with you up on the mound. Spending time with you was the most peaceful and safe place in the world. You are my Little Brother. These last couple of years have been very harsh. With your death and the passing of Daddy last year my world has been rocked. You two were my rocks. Its axis has been significantly altered and I have yet to get my footing back. I’m up at my house today. I came here purposely to spend the day with you. It is where I can feel your presence closest in nature and quiet. I also brought my little baby with me. A little cat named “Ian” who has come to be known as “Baby”. I nutured him back from close to being put down. I wanted him to be here. I’ll go for walks on my property carry you both around and spend the day with you. I’m going to ask you a favor… I need you to watch over me right now. My life is so uncertain and fearful. If you are in a place where you can sprinkle some of your beautiful energy down on me just let it flow. Let it flow through my whole being. I just need to be assured that everything will be okay. It’s early the coffee is made. I loved sharing that first cup with you in the morning before anyone else was up. This was the same with Daddy. He always had that coffee made. We used to joke about that. I miss our humor. There isn’t a moment that you are not in my heart or thoughts. I look forward to the time our paths cross again so we can dance, laugh, embrace and be joyous. I hope you are okay and taking care of yourself. I truly miss my you.

With all the Love a man can give,

Your Brother Joseph

]]> By: Joseph Woishnis http://JamesWillis.net/william-andrew-bill-woishnis-r-i-p/comment-page-1/#comment-187 Joseph Woishnis Sun, 19 Jun 2011 11:34:44 +0000 http://JamesWillis.net/?p=48#comment-187 June 19 Father's Day. William Hi. I just want to wish you a Happy Father's Day. Aidan adored you as a Father. "My Dad, My Dad". Always about my Dad. I don't see Aidan but I wish him well everyday, that He is safe and life is being kind to him. It is hard for both of us with your passing. I hoping time will bring us peace and love. I look forward to the day Aidan and myself will meet and walk and talk. He will be a young man. I carry you with me always. With Love, your Brother Joseph. Jim Allen Willis thank you for this blog and for the nice words about my brother William. He truly was a kind and good man. June 19 Father’s Day.

William Hi. I just want to wish you a Happy Father’s Day. Aidan adored you as a Father. “My Dad, My Dad”. Always about my Dad. I don’t see Aidan but I wish him well everyday, that He is safe and life is being kind to him. It is hard for both of us with your passing. I hoping time will bring us peace and love. I look forward to the day Aidan and myself will meet and walk and talk. He will be a young man. I carry you with me always.

With Love, your Brother Joseph.

Jim Allen Willis thank you for this blog and for the nice words about my brother William. He truly was a kind and good man.

]]> By: Ann Olsen http://JamesWillis.net/william-andrew-bill-woishnis-r-i-p/comment-page-1/#comment-184 Ann Olsen Sat, 20 Nov 2010 18:14:27 +0000 http://JamesWillis.net/?p=48#comment-184 I was just exploring your blog site...it shocked and saddened me to find this. I didn't know. I was only at Knovel a short time but the people there had a special something that has kept them in my thoughts since. I always felt that this was because of Bill. I remember meeting him the first or second day I was employed there. It was so funny because I didn't know who he was until later. We had a very nice conversation about some mundane topic and then I introduced myself, saying how I was new and asked who he was...lol. He was so down to earth and friendly...a truly caring human being...he had a quiet strength and presence that radiated from him. He dealt with people as equals even though he was the boss. I looked forward to every time he visited the Binghamton office...it was just really great to be around him. The world feels a little darker without him in it. My thoughts and prayers go out to his family. I was just exploring your blog site…it shocked and saddened me to find this. I didn’t know. I was only at Knovel a short time but the people there had a special something that has kept them in my thoughts since. I always felt that this was because of Bill. I remember meeting him the first or second day I was employed there. It was so funny because I didn’t know who he was until later. We had a very nice conversation about some mundane topic and then I introduced myself, saying how I was new and asked who he was…lol. He was so down to earth and friendly…a truly caring human being…he had a quiet strength and presence that radiated from him. He dealt with people as equals even though he was the boss. I looked forward to every time he visited the Binghamton office…it was just really great to be around him. The world feels a little darker without him in it. My thoughts and prayers go out to his family.

]]> By: Jay Ricci http://JamesWillis.net/william-andrew-bill-woishnis-r-i-p/comment-page-1/#comment-128 Jay Ricci Wed, 18 Aug 2010 02:07:25 +0000 http://JamesWillis.net/?p=48#comment-128 I was Bill's roomate our sophmore year at WPI. I lived on his floor in the dorms freshman year as well, and we joined the same fraternity. We decided to live off campus our sophmore year with Paul Farineau and Barrie Etherington. Many memories that make me smile from that year in Shrewsbury- best one was the Blizzard of '78- three of us got sick after drinking schnappes and jumping off the roof of our apartment building into snow drifts for about two hours. Bill didn't get sick and had to cook for us for a few days. I had an outstanding vacation with Bill after college. We went to Hawaii for four days (he had frequent flier mileage from HP so we flew first class) and he was trying to get his pilots license then so we flew around the island one day with Bill at the controls of either a single or a twin prop plane. I am sad that Bill is no longer here, mostly because I lost touch woth him about 15 years ago. Whenever I think about Bill though, I smile- he was a great guy, very smart, a great sense of humor, and he made me laugh so hard on several occasions that my head hurt! I was Bill’s roomate our sophmore year at WPI. I lived on his floor in the dorms freshman year as well, and we joined the same fraternity. We decided to live off campus our sophmore year with Paul Farineau and Barrie Etherington. Many memories that make me smile from that year in Shrewsbury- best one was the Blizzard of ’78- three of us got sick after drinking schnappes and jumping off the roof of our apartment building into snow drifts for about two hours. Bill didn’t get sick and had to cook for us for a few days.

I had an outstanding vacation with Bill after college. We went to Hawaii for four days (he had frequent flier mileage from HP so we flew first class) and he was trying to get his pilots license then so we flew around the island one day with Bill at the controls of either a single or a twin prop plane. I am sad that Bill is no longer here, mostly because I lost touch woth him about 15 years ago. Whenever I think about Bill though, I smile- he was a great guy, very smart, a great sense of humor, and he made me laugh so hard on several occasions that my head hurt!

]]> By: James Allen Willis http://JamesWillis.net/william-andrew-bill-woishnis-r-i-p/comment-page-1/#comment-66 James Allen Willis Tue, 03 Aug 2010 10:40:19 +0000 http://JamesWillis.net/?p=48#comment-66 Thanks for your note Joseph. Bill touched many lives, but perhaps he touched those closest to him, his family, the most. He was a great man and his untimely passing still leaves a huge hole in all our lives. Thanks for your note Joseph. Bill touched many lives, but perhaps he touched those closest to him, his family, the most. He was a great man and his untimely passing still leaves a huge hole in all our lives.

]]> By: Joseph Woishnis http://JamesWillis.net/william-andrew-bill-woishnis-r-i-p/comment-page-1/#comment-63 Joseph Woishnis Mon, 02 Aug 2010 14:08:07 +0000 http://JamesWillis.net/?p=48#comment-63 Hey Baby today is the first anniversary of your passing. I miss you so much. It is so hard to accept that I will spend the next half of my life without you in it. Just the simple things that brothers do that no other person can ever replicate flood my memory on a daily basis. The void left is a permanent space that I cherish and will keep filling with all of the times and conversations we had. There is no other person in the world that I enjoyed spending time with as much as you. All the mornings we would meet for coffee at the bagel shop on 2nd Avenue, walking on the mound and talking, meeting in Cozumel Mexico one of my favorite places. I rented a jeep and anticipated your arriving and then going into town to find a pair of sandals that were comfortable for your feet. I'm still in shock over this and so uncomplete. I saw Aidan yesterday at a dedication to you of the most wonderful bench he designed with a local artist. All I could see in him was you. You would be so proud of him. I pictured your smile so clearly looking down on him. It was your final resting place and now a place I can visit to rest and be with you. I am so happy this was done in your honor. It is overcast and cool here this morning in the Catskill Mountains. It is because of you that I made my way up here. I will walk with you today and love you and hold you. You are my Brother and I miss you Baby. It is so strange to be in a world without you in it. You were my rock. May God bless you. Your loving Brother Joseph Hey Baby today is the first anniversary of your passing. I miss you so much. It is so hard to accept that I will spend the next half of my life without you in it. Just the simple things that brothers do that no other person can ever replicate flood my memory on a daily basis. The void left is a permanent space that I cherish and will keep filling with all of the times and conversations we had. There is no other person in the world that I enjoyed spending time with as much as you. All the mornings we would meet for coffee at the bagel shop on 2nd Avenue, walking on the mound and talking, meeting in Cozumel Mexico one of my favorite places. I rented a jeep and anticipated your arriving and then going into town to find a pair of sandals that were comfortable for your feet. I’m still in shock over this and so uncomplete. I saw Aidan yesterday at a dedication to you of the most wonderful bench he designed with a local artist. All I could see in him was you. You would be so proud of him. I pictured your smile so clearly looking down on him. It was your final resting place and now a place I can visit to rest and be with you. I am so happy this was done in your honor.
It is overcast and cool here this morning in the Catskill Mountains. It is because of you that I made my way up here. I will walk with you today and love you and hold you. You are my Brother and I miss you Baby. It is so strange to be in a world without you in it. You were my rock. May God bless you.

Your loving Brother Joseph

]]> By: Jim Steiner http://JamesWillis.net/william-andrew-bill-woishnis-r-i-p/comment-page-1/#comment-52 Jim Steiner Wed, 02 Jun 2010 19:50:44 +0000 http://JamesWillis.net/?p=48#comment-52 Hello, I came across Bill's passing only a week ago. I was close friend of Bill's while he was working at HP. I have some very fond memories of Bill and can share them with you if this email makes it's way to you. I had been thinking of him for over a year and was shocked to hear this news. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. Bill was one of the most sincere and honest people I have ever met. Jim Steiner Hello,

I came across Bill’s passing only a week ago. I was close friend of Bill’s while he was working at HP. I have some very fond memories of Bill and can share them with you if this email makes it’s way to you. I had been thinking of him for over a year and was shocked to hear this news. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. Bill was one of the most sincere and honest people I have ever met.

Jim Steiner

]]> By: Jeanne Gavrin http://JamesWillis.net/william-andrew-bill-woishnis-r-i-p/comment-page-1/#comment-46 Jeanne Gavrin Fri, 04 Sep 2009 21:10:49 +0000 http://JamesWillis.net/?p=48#comment-46 Thank you to all of you for your meaningful words. Yes Terry my friend, Billy was a little boy during our high school years. You, who know about loss through death, would have very much enjoyed William as an adult. Thank you to all of you for your meaningful words. Yes Terry my friend, Billy was a little boy during our high school years. You, who know about loss through death, would have very much enjoyed William as an adult.

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