Dearest Bill,
You are not forgotten, you are loved and missed. This photo is dedicated for our memories of all our meals we shared together.
We are still on radio sponsored by the Psalm 127 Fund which you started for us. We have a podcast posted every week of 'For Zion's Sake programs'.  Our home is open every Friday night for worship and prayer. Shelly is still preaching. I have written three books that are published, hoping to complete two more. 
We look forward to joining you in the world to come - until we meet again ...
With all our love,
Shelly & June

With Love Forever, Pastor Shelly & June Volk

O Bill, our beloved friend and brother forever,

July 17, 2023 is the day we drove out of a Honda dealership with a new leased car. It was thanks to your attorney and your Will, Bill. Imagine, five years to the DAY of your departure you are still blessing us.  

We think of you often sharing memories of  how we miss our lunches together and sweet fellowship. The Psalm 127 Fund which you funded is still alive! Our week day radio program 'For Zion's Sake' still airs on1010 along with a Podcast that reaches the world. 

Bill French we love you! 

Until we meet again, 
Shelly and June

this is mr alfred lee 's wanda nell morrow i meet mr french in 1990    
 my mom betty introduced me to    him she kept his place while he was out on business and when his doctor 
told him he needed to start exercising as in he built his second home and decided against the in door pool that was his reason for building i suppose he decided the great room would be enough exercise with the baby grand piano and his pipe organ in bed room left to him by one oF his friends i made up my mind he was one oF the few people i really had any respect for i worked for him off and on for over 20 years washing the windows oF both homes helped larry with the grounds and sealed the wood work on both places once i was sealing one oF the post O that came out oF the wall near the south side bed room he came out oF the kitchen and started by freddy you have never dropped not one drip oF that sealer as long as you have and as i pressed the brissels oF the brush against the vega beam i watched as the valspar ran in to A crack and down to the place where it gathered and sparriled down ward in slow motion as it fell up on the tile below me he stopped gasp and said freddy i am devastated i will never be the same my heart sank and i felt sick and that was in the early 90es last time i saw him was 2009 he told me that he had been visiting relatives and that their was A gate oF some kind that had fell on him and then they had the misfortune oF going deer hunting while driving on the freeway and actually got one but it was out oF season and it totaled the car that they had to get A different car delivered and proceeded on he came home i was up set about the gate falling on him but the accident was different i suppose you can't train deer to jump in front oF A car and i never herd oF any body getting A purple toe but he said he did i miss mr french he spent A lot oF time in Israel i suppose im glad my mom was his house cleaner and i had the opportunity to meet bill french he called me freddy 

I am just now seeing of Bill’s death. I am so sad. Bill dated my mother Anne Ashley way back when in Topeka. We visited him in Gold Canyon and he visited us here in Tucson when we visited. RIP Bill, you will be missed.

There was no friend like Bill French!!!  I met him while being Tom Hess' administrative assistant.  I drove Bill all over Washinton, D.C. to do the things he had come there to do.  After those two weeks in Oct. 1987 , I knew I had a life long friend.  We enjoyed the same music, and he told me how much of the classics were written in praise to the Lord.  That made it just that much more special.  I visited him in Jerusalem and in Az. too.  We had many long telephone conversations throughout the years and many letters too.  He spoke often of his other friends.  We were all blessed to count him as our friend!  He was always obedient to our Lord and lived to praise Him!  I have missed him more than I ever thought I would!!!  I look forward to spending eternity with him...I will love him forever!

Our friend, our brother in Christ, William “Bill” French, a person who welcomed many of us and our families into his home in Gold Canyon, AZ ( Phoenix), Galveston, Texas, Topeka, Kansas, Jerusalem, Israel and many,many other places around the world that he called home.

An amazing man and an amazing Christian. His life was spent totally committed to the service of His Lord. His body laid to rest in Mesa,  to await that great getin up morning, which we suspect is not that far away.

Wealth many times keeps people from doing for the Lord what HE really wants them to do. Bill was different. He was extreme in his commitment to the commands of Christ. Bill was the only person many of us knew that would do nothing, unless God Himself told him to do it. But when GOD Spoke , Bill acted. No matter how big, or how small, or how crazy sounding. No matter the cost, at all cost, Bill did what his Master instructed him to do.

When the call came that Russian Jews were being called home to Israel, Bill heard ..."I will tell the north, 'Give them up.' a and tell the south, 'Do not hold them back. " Isaiah 43:6 .  God said fill the planes up. Bill didn’t hesitate. When God said my people will need a way to escape and a place of refuge during the time that is coming on the earth that my prophets have foretold...Matthew 24:15-21, Bill heard God say “Prepare ye the Way” as he began gathering up properties along specific routes . (The stories and connections along the way are out of this world.) There is so much more to tell...

My favorite movie of all time is “Schindler’s List” The last scene where Schindler and his wife are escaping as the allies are coming and the Jews that he saved are helping him escape are telling him goodbye and thanking him for saving them, Schindler notices a watch on his arm and starts choking up and says “I could have bought 2 maybe 3 more ( speaking of Jewish lives) with this, I could have done more”.

Bill you gave all. Well done good and faithful servant.

Bill was a faithful friend and dear brother.  We wanted to honor him as a man of God who was a prayer warrior.  He was a generous giver to many in the service of the Lord - unselfish and very genuine.  Bill's burden was to see the Kingdom of God come in the hearts and lives of God's Called out ones - the Church. 
Heaven has gained a treasure in Bill French.  We look forward to the day we are reunited with him in the world to come.  We'll miss you, Bill!  You were loved and are loved by us, dearly. Thank you for all your love and support over all the years.
Shelly & June Volk

Christian brother William Henson French was a close friend of the late Reverend Richrd Wurmbrand, my father, and our entire family. He was generous in supporting the missionary vision of the Richard Wurmbrand Foundation and Help for Refugees.  May he rest like Lazarus of the  Gospel Parable in Abraham's bosom. Michael

Bill was a very dear friend of mine for many years since I met him in Jerusalem.  We had many hours of chats together as well as good laughs and a love for the same type of music.  I had the pleasure of visiting him in Arizona.  My one special memory is when he had a baby grand piano that he owned,  tuned for me to play and I had some lovely times singing at that piano with great friends.  He had a great heart to help people in many ways and he appreciated genuine people with integrity.   I  have just heard today that he passed on and my heart is a little sad at the loss of a good friend but I know he was a blessed man with a strong faith in God and  he lived a good long healthy life. May his  memory be a blessing to all, his family will will be in my prayers 

I worked for the French family business, Luce Press Clippings, for many years in the Topeka, KS. office. Mr. Bill spent a lot of time in our office. He was a great person to work for and I enjoyed conversations with him. May he R.I.P. Arlene Williams

Bill was a large part of my grandparents ( Buck and Crystal Sherretts) life..... and mine in Keene, Kansas.  I have known Bill since I was a little girl. He was always kind to me and we enjoyed many long talks. He gave me a beautiful horse which brought me many many years of joy. I will be forever grateful for his friendship. 

OBITUARY

William Henson French

June 17, 1926 – July 26, 2018

Mariposa Gardens Memorial Park & Funeral Care

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