William "Bill" L. McDonald

Bill McDonald passed away on August 29, 2019 in North Richland Hills, Tx. He will always be remembered as a devoted husband, loving father, grandfather, friend, and lover of all animals to all that knew and loved him.

He was born on April 29, 1945 in Canton, NY to Lloyd and Irene McDonald. In 1963 Bill met Suzie, the love of his life in Baltimore, they would later be married in 1968. Bill and Suzie moved around the country and started a family the first 10 years of their marriage and then settled in Colleyville where they spent the last 40 years together. Bill was active in the City of Colleyville sports associations in the 1980s & 90s spending most of his time coaching or umpiring. Bill was a father figure to many boys over the years and always enjoyed hearing of their accomplishments in later years. He loved enjoyed visiting with his sons and grandchildren, always being their biggest cheerleader at their extracurricular events.

Bill is survived by his beloved wife who was the center of his world Suzie, son Gregg McDonald of Keller, Tx, son Kevin McDonald and wife Crissy of Fort Worth, grandchildren Alexis, MaKaylia and Zach who he adored, two sisters Charlene and Cynthia of New York, nieces Trisha Ewart and Cheryl Maisel both of Maryland along with many great nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his father Lloyd and mother Irene.

A Celebration of Life will be held from 2-4 o’clock p.m. on Thursday September 5th at Bluebonnet Hills Funeral Home.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in the form a blood donation at your local blood bank. Bill was a regular at Carter Blood Center and took pride in contributing as much as possible.