William John “Bill” McBride died peacefully at home Sept. 1, 2017 but the memory of his ever present smile will never be forgotten by all who knew him.
Bill was born in 1941 to Rollo and Marian McBride in Reno, NV and attended the University of Nevada, Reno.
Bill met Leanna “Mickey” McGuire while they were both working for different companies at the atomic energy test site near Las Vegas, NV. They married in 1965 and began a long and adventurous life together.
Most of their life was spent in Dubois Wyoming, but work also took them to places like Bermuda, Florida and Alaska.
Bill planned, designed and owned and operated cable TV systems in Wyoming and Nevada. It was his many hobbies, rather than his work, that really defined the person Bill was. He collected HO miniature trains and had an elaborate set up at his home. He loved shooting his black powder rifle, fur trade reenactments, and building cannons.
For 10 years he and Mickey owned a sail boat and scuba dived in Bermuda. He was an expert gardener and even with declining health he could be seen on his beloved lawn tractor.
Bill recounted an Alaska plane flight thru the Northern lights saying “I was in God’s hands.”
Surviving are his wife, Mickey, his two sons Laird and Lance McBride; daughter-in-law Enid; Bills true heritage is his 9 grandchildren Kira (Kennedy), Brian, Tirzah, Teresa, Jadzia, Mariah, Cassandra, Thomas and Jacinta and his great grandchildren Wesley, Shadrack, Ronan, Axil, Ezra and baby girl on the way.
Bill was proceeded in death by his Father Rollo McBride, mother Marian Bell-Wines-McBride (granddaughter of William J Bell) and Brother Mickey McBride.
Services will be held Friday Sept. 15, 2017 at 11 am in Dubois Wyoming.
