Bill attended Jacksonville School for the Visually Impaired and was a graduate of the University of Illinois. Bill worked for Black and Veatch as a landscape designer.
Bill enjoyed playing cards, riding his motorcycle, shooting guns, spending time with his family, and loved to travel.
Bill was preceded in death by his mom, Marsha Bratley; dad, Michael Lingel; maternal grandparents, Leonard and Barbara May; and paternal grandparents, William and Norma Robertson and Theodore Lingel.
Bill will be forever remembered by his sisters, Christina (Mathew) Reese and Leonda (Aaron) Sipe; 3 nieces and a nephew, Briana, Trinity, Taylor, and Kody; birth mother, Alieen (Chuck) Manuel; step-mother, Mary Lingel; 3 step-brothers, George Manuel, Jason and Chad Ruble; 3 uncles, Lonnie (Amber) Poe, Raymond (Vickie) May, and Kendal May; and a grandma, Helen Lingel.
Celebration of Life will be on Saturday March 10, 2018 at 12 PM at White Chapel Funeral Home. Visitation will be at 11 AM at the funeral home.