William R. Bone Passed away at 82 years old on April 7th 2025 at home surrounded by his family.
William was born on June 5, 1942 to Roy and Opal Bone in Pontiac Michigan. William graduated from Pontiac Central High School in 1961.
He served with the United States Marines from July 1961 and was honorably discharged in April 1967. After his time in the service he was employed by General Motors for almost 38 years doing experimental engineering.
In 1963 William met Helen Boatright and they were married March 12, 1971. They had three children Angela, Christopher
and Amy.
in 2002 William retired from General Motors and moved to Arizona, where he spent 19 years. He enjoyed playing golf, swimming and watching sports on tv. He was a Huge Detroit Lions fan and often could be heard yelling at the tv.
He enjoyed spending time with his family & friends. In March 2020 they moved to Florida to be closer to family.
William was preceded in death by his mother Opal Bone and his father Roy Bone and many aunts and uncles. He is survived by his wife Helen, his 3 children Angela (Steven)Signorile, Christopher (Heather) Bone and Amy (Michael) Putnam, 6 grandchildren Kristin, Kayla, Kyle, Dylan, Morgan and Landon, 6 great grandchildren Abigail, Aubrey, Zander, William, Hayden and Owen, brother Dennis(Vickie) Bone and many nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers the family is asking donations be made to:
ACCENT CARE HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE
2644 Cypress Ridge Blvd Suite 104
Wesley Chapel, Florida 33544
Service and final resting place will be held at:
FLORIDA NATIONAL CEMETERY
6502 SW 102nd Ave
Bushnell, Florida 33513
MAY 9, 2025 at 1:30pm
Terry Swindlehurst
April 11, 2025, 7:01 pm
My condolences to the family. So sorry for your loss Chris.
Bill Hampton
April 11, 2025, 9:29 pm
Bill is my nephew. We lived a block from my sister Opal, Roy, Billy and Denny.
Billy and I played a lot together, and he was very competitive.
When we were quite young and adventurous we walked into Roy and Opal’s garage and noticed cross bucks in windows with no glass . Billy and I carefully assessed the situation. We decided that it would be easier for Roy to put in full glass…..so….we took baseball bats and knocked out all of the cross bucks. His mom walked out, observed our work, with anger, and sent Billy inside and said to me..”Young man…you go home!! I guess we should have left the windows to his dad. Our birthday’s were a day apart, June 5 and mine on the 6th. I will miss our annual BD calls. Billy was my mom and dad’s first grandchild.