William Whitaker

William Whitaker

May 31, 1955 - June 08, 2019

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William D. “Bill” Whitaker, 64, of Bagley, formerly of Stitzer, Wisconsin, died of natural causes on Saturday, June 8, 2019 at Crossing Rivers Health, Prairie du Chien. Funeral services will be at 12:00 p.m. (Noon), Friday, June 14, 2019 at the Melby Funeral Home & Crematory, Platteville. Burial will at the Bagley Cemetery. Friends may call from 10:00 a.m. until the time of the service on Friday at the funeral home. Online condolences can be made at www.melbyfh.com.

Bill was born on May 31, 1955 in Platteville, Wisconsin, son of Dale W. and Marion Cecelia (Langkamp) Whitaker. Bill graduated from Platteville High School in 1973. He was united in marriage to Nikki Klais on June 28, 1987 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Bill worked for CenturyLink Phone Company for 38 years, where he was a business technician. He enjoyed fishing, doing woodworking building log furniture and tending to his cats. Bill was a loving father, husband, and brother. He was always there lending a helping hand to his family, friends and others.

He is survived by his wife, Nikki Whitaker; daughters, Sydney Whitaker and Bobbi Jo Jones; sisters, Diane (Tom) Genthe and Cheryl (Keith) Whitaker-Bailey; brothers, Jim Whitaker and Don (Karen) Whitaker; father-in-law, Chick Klais and nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, and mother-in-law, Hazel Klais.

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Scott & Maxine Patchin
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Always hard to lose a classmate. Our condolences and God’s grace for your whole family.
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Bruce and Deb Allen
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So sorry for your loss. Bill could talk for hours about you Sydney. He was so proud of you!! He will be sadly missed here in Bagley.
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Buck and Dareen
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Gonna miss you . May God bless you and your whole family.
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Angie (Matthews) Fashun
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I am so very sorry. I have many fond memories of weekends on the river with Bill and Nikki. You all are in my thoughts and prayers. Love, Angie
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Carol Hartenbower
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So sorry to hear of your loss. Know that you are in my thoughts and prayers. Unfortunately I know how hard this is as I lost Dan exactly one month ago, May 8th. I send love and hugs💚💚💚
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Ann Weigel
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I am so sorry to hear of Bill's passing. When i worked at Advance Transformer and we were always adding, changing our phone system he was the fellow i wanted to see come in and do it. He knew where every phone was and what ones were connected. He was always so pleasant to work with. May you all have wonderful memories of Bill to fill your hearts now and in all the days to come. God Bless.

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