William Jon McNeal

Bill was born December 1964 in Albany, NY and grew up in Silver Spring, MD. He was a graduate of Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, MD and Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL. He was a former employee of Piedmont Airline, at their maintenance bases in Salisbury, MD and Jacksonville, FL.

Bill's passion was the designing, building and flying of RC Airplanes. He and his late friend Bob Masterson were the founding members of the North Florida Dawn Patrol Flying Group (www.dawnpatrol.iwarp.com). He also flew frequently at the Oceanway International Miniature Airport. He was a past member and officer of the North Florida ORCAS RC Boat Club.

Bill is survived by his parents Jon E. McNeal and Beth Laraway McNeal, Silver Spring, MD; sister Jennifer McNeal, brother-law Shon Barr of Gaithersburg, MD; sister Sharon McNeal Davidson, brother-in-law Lance Davidson of O'Fallon, IL; nephews Brandon and Justin Chuckerel, Gaithersburg, MD and Dustan and Dylan Davidson, O'Fallon, IL; uncle Karl and Eva Klock, uncle David and Elaine Klock, aunt Ellen Laraway Gurgone, uncle David and Megan Laraway and his best friend and life partner Karen Jensen Jones.