William Ross Obituary

20 years dad, not really sure what to feel besides sad. Shared a bunch of flowers with neighbors today and everyone always loves the lilies. Wish you were here still but you will always be here in a special way.

Missing so much, your purple daisy's are blooming out front again, and the rest of the yard is blooming!! Debbie takes good care of the yard, hope you are keeping an eye on the work being done!! Missing you every day!! Love you, Sharon

Another year has gone by and the missing you hasn't gotten any less!! Love and miss you bunches!!

Well I have been back in your home for over 2 years, still wishing you were back here too!! Miss and think of you every day!! You would be so happy with the way Debbie keeps your yard looking great like you did!! We have some gorgeous flowers again this spring!! Love and miss you!!

Debbie, I think of your Dad from time to time and recall some of the nice memories I have, especially some of our wine trips.

Well dad we are at 17 years now and I still miss you so very much. I know you still look over me.

Well Mr. Bill, I am back in your home!! Thanks to the loving care you taught your daughter!! She has taken me in after the loss of my housemate and is letting me live with her and Christopher!! Thank you for having cared for me and giving me the love of your daughter as well!! Still missing you every day, feeling a lot closer being back in your home!! Sending you hugs!!

Happy Father’s Day dad. I miss and love you. Got up early so I could get the lawns looking nice fit you today. Love always and forever.

Miss you bunches Mr. Bill!! Love you!! Sharon

Dad,

I can hardly believe it’s been 15 years. You would hate how things are now with COVID. I think about you so much all the time. I’m sure you see I had to cut down those front trees, they weren’t doing well. I did put roses there and roses seem to grow perfect here. I think you woke me up at midnight last because I left the side water on and yes I know that was literally money down the drain. I have the hardest time with remembering to shut it off. I love and miss you so much.

Happy Fathers Day dad. I miss you so very much still but I know you are always looking down at me. The flowers youve help grow this year are truly beautiful and I know its you helping them blossom so beautifully. Love you dad.

Been thinking about you all day. The daisies in the front yard are in full blossom and you would love how beautiful they are. Miss you dad.

Happy birthday dad. Wish I could sit with you and tell you all the things that got done to the house. I think you would really like it. I miss you sooo much. ❤❤❤

Dad,
I don't know how it has been 13 years already. I miss you so much. I still feel you around me all the time. Love you .

Happy birthday dad. Hope you had a great day. Although I don't cry as much I still miss and love you. Did so many little things around the house this weekend that I think you would of liked.


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I keep waiting for missing you to get easier but it doesn't. I was going to be lazy and do the yards tomorrow but I know that would make you mad to have your lawn look bad in Father's Day so out I go to make them pretty. I love you dad.

Well dad what do I say besides I so wish you were still here. The house is still being improved all the time, I am pretty sure you would love all the things I've done. I love you.

It's posting a little late Dad but I hope you had a great birthday. I know, not your favorite day of the year. I miss you!!!!

Dad, the things I've done this year you would be totally amazed about. We finally have a new roof and driveway and the tree trimmed. No more mistletoe finally!!!! Next week a whole house fan. Everyday I think of you and miss you and become more and more like you. To shield the heart I understand more all the time. So many paths we have both walked down at different times of our lives. You would be proud of my work accomplishments and my passion for it reminds myself of you all the time. Love you dad and I will continue to strive to make you proud of me and what I can do.

Dad, I got up this morning and mowed and watered the lawns knowing that you would enjoy that as your father's day present. I missed you like crazy today but as always, I know you are watching over me.

love you

Dad,

I don't even know what to say about this being 10 years of not having you here on earth with me. I think about you so much and so much of what I do I think to myself, yep he would be proud of me. I had just today, someone ask me about your ring that I wear around my neck to keep you not just in my heart but close to my heart. I was also able to show off your tats.

Dad, I love you and will continue to miss you until I get to give you a huge bear hug.

Merry Christmas dad. Today I think you might like your present this year. Popcorn ceiling is down and it is texture day.

I miss you still and although you are in my heart.

Marotte, it won't let me. Post something so I can contact you.

Dad, it's been nine years. I have missed you so much. I know you are proud of what I've done to the house and I will continue doing more knowing you're proud and looking down and smiling. I sit in the backyard looking at the sunset and so many memories come to me, but most of all I can feel you in my heart and I know you're watching over me. I love you dad and I will never forget you. Our talks still help me and someday I'll be able to hug you and not the teddy bear you gave 30 years ago.

Merry Christmas dad. I'm headed out to the hot tub my one day a month of running it but I'm understanding more and more the pain you went thru. This too shall pass isn't working very well on this one I'm right there understanding bah humbug. .

Happy birthday DAD!!!!! I love you and feel even closer to you in your house. The Dixon breeze reminds me of you every night as I sit on the deck listening to the radio not smoking but drinking my tea. I love you

Dad,

Happy Father's Day. I hope you are enjoying your day. I mowed the lawns today thinking about you and how proud you would be of the changes I have made here and how beautiful the yards look.

I wish you were here with me.

Dad,

Eight years ago today, I saw you for the last time. I wish you were still here with me. I know Saturday is going to be very hard with everything going on right now I talk to you a lot and yes I can still tell you are listening and helping me. I love you sooo much dad.

Dad aren't we suppose to be doing our last minute packing and rush to get to the Ridge? Wow I can't believe how much I miss you still and wish you were here with me. I know you are here in my heart and this year even a little closer than normal.

I love you and miss you sooo much!!!!!

On this special day, I want you to know
I've never been afraid of the unknown
I've never been afraid of chasing my dreams
I've never been afraid of living life to the fullest
Only because I knew you've been watching my back
Thanks for being there for me, dad
Happy Birthday!

Dad
It's a good thing I can still feel you watching over me on this Father's Day. I miss you so much but I know you are still here with me. Happy Father's Day. I love you.

Dad,
7 years today and still miss you beyond belief. As I sit here with tears in my eyes writing this I try to remind myself that you aren't truly gone. You are just in another place that some day I will come be with again. I love you so much and miss you.

Merry Christmas dad, so much going on I haven't posted things like I want. Still miss you every day and wish you were here. I know you will be but, just to be sure please keep an eye on me tomorrow during surgery.

Happy birthday dad. I hope you are having a very wonderful birthday and you are staying cool. I love and miss you tons. Forever you will be in my heart and in my thoughts.

Dad I saw your star and gingers star before she was gone I wondered why I saw the faded star above yours but I now know it was you expecting ginger to come join you. Take care of that girl she still likes her 7:00 pm treat and still smiles for you. Love you. Take care of that little girl for me.

Dad,
Six years ago today you were taken from me way too soon. I miss you so much and think about you all the time. There are so many times I think only if dad could be here. I know you are and always will be in my heart and in my thoughts. I love you and miss you.

So dad when do I stop thinking that you could be here for the holidays? Even as the grinch? Gosh I miss you so much.

No snow here dad but hopefully you have the amazing view you always loved every year when we were at the Ridge. I will be thinking of you as always and missing you for thanksgiving dinner but as always you will be in my heart. I am thankful for the years we were able to be together. Happy Thanksgiving dad.

Birthday candle for you.

Happy birthday dad!! Thought about you a lot knowing your birthday was today and wishing you were still here to celebrate or should I say hide from celebrating it. Love you and miss you.

Happy father's day dad. Miss you a ton wish we were off camping somewhere together. Great weather for a good camping trip with you. Love you!!!

Yup Mister you are greatly missed!! But I am aware of your presence at times. I love being back in your house!!

Dad,

Wow 5 years. Wish you were here every single one of those days. I miss you so much!!!!

Love you.

Dad

Merry Christmas. I miss you a ton and wish you were here to say bah humbug with your Santa hat on and your goofy tongue sticking out.
Here Is a cute and so true quote I found.
Dad, your guiding hand on my shoulder will remain with me forever.

Happy Thanksgiving Dad! I wish you were here... This will be my first birthday/combo thanksgiving day that you aren't here to eat some mashed potatoes with or without gravy. As always you are in my heart and always in my thoughts. I will have your better half here sharing this day with me and I know we will both be thinking about you.. heck ginger is going to be here probably thinking about you...

love you and miss you so much. I know you still listen to me as I talk to your star in the sky. I see you wink when I need your advice.

love you

Happy birthday dad. Miss you soooo much!!!! I know you know that already. Yes a day early as always. I will think and miss you even more than normal for this Friday 13.

Dad,

You may be in heaven but i still thought of you a lot on this father's day. Miss you everyday and wish you were here.

Dad,

I can't believe it has been four years without you here. I still miss you like you had just left yesterday. I still talk to as though you are here. When I look through the pictures here and in the photo albums you were so happy and full of life. I can only hope and wish that you are still happy and full of life where you are now.

It must just be habit from you avoiding birthdays and Christmas, I am posting this a day early, just like I would have to do for the holidays. lol

I love you forever and forever miss you, but as always I know you are still in my heart and in my thoughts and watching over me. Probably laughing sometimes or sticking your tongue out.

love you Dad!!!

Dad,

Merry Christmas!!! I love you and wish you were here........

Dad,

Another thanksgiving has come and gone without you being here besides in my heart!! I didn't post a Happy Thanksgiving on here, but you were thought of while cooking, eating and prior to the day. I remembered on my way home on Wednesday, that we should be at the Ridge enjoying the snow and coldness and making fun of you sleeping in the chair!!!!! I hope you had a great thanksgiving and ate all the mashed potatoes that you wanted.

I love you and miss you forever!!!!!

Dad,

Happy happy birthday to you.... Hope you are having a nice relaxing birthday. I miss you a ton and thought of you so much today, because I always tried to get you for your birthday the day before so you couldn't hide..

Chris passed his physical training for the army and seems to still really like it, you would be very proud of him and I am sure you are, remember to help protect him for me.

Wish you were here, but as always you are here in my heart and in my thoughts and prayers.

Love you always and forever.....

Dad,

I might of posted this a little to late to show up on Father's day, but I know that you know I am thinking and missing you on father's day. In a way I know you are still here in my heart, today it seems like I can feel you even more than normal. I know you would of been avoiding my call today anyway, but the way I look at it, you can't avoid it anymore, when I talk to you I know you hear me and I may not be able to hear your advice, but I do feel it and know what you say in my heart. Hope you have a great father's day in heaven and I will wish you a great father's tonight as well when I see your star in the sky looking over me.

love you and miss you

Dad,

Just sitting here thinking about you and wanted to say I love you and miss you.

Deb

dad as I sit here thinking about that phone call the night you passed away I wonder how I knew to get out of bed, how I knew it wasn't going to be good and the scream I let out when I heard the worst thing I could ever hear. I guess even then you were letting me know you would always be in my heart.

I MISS you soooooo much dad and wish I could of told you even more often when you were alive how much I LOVE you and how much you mean to me!!!!

Xoxo

Dad,

It has been three years now of you not being here with me and I still miss and think about you so much. I still see your star up in the sky watching over us and smile when I see it twinkle, knowing that you are showing me that you are still here.

I have so many things that I wish I could talk to you about and ask your opinion about, I guess in a way I still do and you just answer a little differently now, instead of telling me you give me signs.

Hope all is going well for you and just know that I still love and miss you and wish you were here.

hugs and kisses forever......

Merry Christmas Dad!!!! Wish you were here with us trying to avoid opening your presents, wearing your Santa hat but going around saying bah humbug!! I still have the picture of that in my head and will always remember.

Love and miss you!!

Dad,

I have been avoiding writing this because, I knew I would cry. You would be even more proud of Chris than what you already were, he is going to be joining the army. He is now in the future soldier program and is learning all the good stuff about physical training and respect and what he can be. Just do me a favor and even though he isn't going to be in combat keep an eye out on him and be his angel looking over him for me please.

Happy Birthday dad. I still miss you and think about you everyday. Wish you were here.

It is amazing how many things I think about that I want to tell you and I can't. I still forget sometimes and when I remember that I can't talk to you it hits you really are gone.

Have a great birthday.

love you always and forever

Dad,

Happy Father's day!! I wish you were here with us maybe camping or just having a BBQ at your house, watching you fall asleep in your chair and you not realizing that you were asleep. But, all of us laughing because of your head going back and forth and wondering if you are going to give yourself whiplash.

I still miss you every day and holidays like these are even harder. Even though, I know you always tried to avoid them.

Love you!!!

Dad,

It has been two years of you not being here on this earth and only being in my heart. I still miss you every day and wish you were here to talk to and to as much as you hated it to tell you that I love you. I still wear your ring around my neck close to my heart and so many people now know how good of a person you really were. I know you hear me when I talk to you and about you. You would be so proud of Chris, he has joined the ROTC for his school and has to wear his hair short now. Cindy is doing very well in school and has met several of her reading goals. Tim now works days for a short time and has moved up in his working position and even cooks dinner for the kids every night. I changed jobs last year and really enjoy what I do and how I help our community. Still thinking about continuing my education and doing something more but, we shall see about that one.

I still miss you, miss having you here. I don’t think that will ever change. You weren’t suppose to go yet, I wasn’t done with you and never will be.

I LOVE you dad and hope all is going well for you. Hugs and Kisses and yes, that dreaded saying of I LOVE YOU!!!

Dad, tomorrow is your birthday and as always I am sending you a happy birthday early so that you can't avoid hearing it. I still miss you soo much and think about you everyday. I will always continue to talk to you. I know you can still hear me and I might not be able to hear you but I feel you in my heart.

Wish you were still here, but you will be forever and ever and ever in my heart and with your ring around my neck I get to talk about you all the time to people who didn't know you, but now know about you!!

Love you!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

Bill,
I thought of you the other day while laying in my pool and listening to the sounds of spring. I heard one of my bell chimes ring and wondered if you were getting your "angel wings". You wern't always an angel, but your heart was always in the right place. I trust you have your angel wings and are keeping watch over all of us. Know that you are in our thoughts and hearts...connie

Well dad, it has been a year and I still miss you sooo much and wish you were still here. I am always telling people about all your tats and how big the scene was that you had on your back and how proud you were of them.

I am always talking to you, knowing that you can hear me. Sometimes I know that you are even laughing about somethng I have said. I still don't think it is fair that you are gone and would give anything to have you back.

I finally quit smoking and haven't had any problems with wanting to start again. Simply amazing, I am sure you are helping me with that as well.

Tim, Sharon and the kids are doing good and still think about you as well.

Well Dad, I love you and always will and I will always wish that we would of had more time together. You will always be in my heart and in my thoughts.

I LOVE YOU!!!

Dad,

It has been eight months today and I still miss you soo much. We are at the Ridge tryig really hard to have a good time. It just isn't the same here without you. I miss the card games and you complaining that there is a draft. I wish you were here, I am trying soo hard not to cry, but some nights I just can't help crying and missing you. I know you are in my heart and always will be.

Miss you dad.

Well dad it has almost been six months since you passed and I still miss you every day and wish that you were still here. As it gets closer to November and the trip to the Ridge gets closer, I wonder how I am going to be able to go without you and knowing that this is where you died. I am determined to go and will continue to go and remember all the fun times that we enjoyed there. I just wish you were still here with us. I know that you are with us in our hearts, it is just the physical part that you aren't. I love and miss you!!

Dad,



Your birthday is on Sunday and I am wishing you a Happy Birthday now . I am not really sure what else to say besides I miss you soo much and wish you were still here. I close my eyes and picture your smile and the happy times that we had together and am sad that we won’t have any more. I still find myself running into a problem and thinking that I will just call you and then realize that I can’t.



So, Happy Birthday dad, I LOVE and MISS you a lot.

Mr. Bill,



Christopher, Carter and I are about to take off on the three week vacation you and I planned for them and us. Although we will be taking my Dodge and won't be able to spend as much time on the road because of the cost of hotels, food and the fact that I don't feel comfortable driving the motorhome north on Hwy 101 into Washington, without another adult driver. We do plan on covering the same route you had maped out for us and spending a full week with my cousin and his wife in Gig Harbor, one of your favorite places to visit on the mainland. Then Christopher and I are taking Carter home to Idaho which was not part of your plan.



I wish you were still coming as my favorite co-pilot in the passenger seat instead of on my shoulder.



I was talking to a lady at work the other day that recently lost her Mother down in Chili, she said it was very difficult on Saturdays when she was use to making the long distance phone call to spend time with her mother. I couldn't help wondering how she would feel if she had lost her best friend and couldn't talk to or hold him every night.



Even with your wonderful daughter Debbie, her family, my caring family and friends, I still miss you everyday. My greatest relief is knowing you are no longer sick and are feeling no pain.



Even though you didn't allow the words to be said you know "I love you" and miss you very much.



Loving you always, "Mrs. Sharon"

Dad,



Tomorrow is father’s day and even though you always avoided the phone and your e-mail, I was always able to send you a Happy Father’s Day and know that you received it. Well, I am pretty sure that you can still hear me when I talk to you and as always, a day early I am wishing you a Happy Father’s Day. This time there is just a lot of missing you and wanting you here so I could give you a hug and a kiss, but instead the good old teddy bear from way back when (which is getting flatter by the day) gets all of your hugs and kisses, which is a direct link to you so I know that you can still feel them.



Happy Father’s Day dad, I LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU!!!!

Bill, I remember how you always wanted everyone to call you early for your birthday or Father's Day and how you would never answer the phone on that day........so I am phoning early to wish you a Happy Father's Day. Enjoy your day and look down upon the rest of us while we think of you..........

Dad,



You would be very proud of Chris, he got a 4.0 G.P.A. He worked very hard and it paid off. I still miss and think about you every day.

Dad,



I still miss you and think about you everyday. Your star is finally visible in the sky. I wish everyday that you were still here. You may be gone physically, but you will always be in my heart and my thoughts.



I love and miss you sooo much.

Hey Big Guy,

Thought about you the other day when I hauled out the snorkel equip. It was a beautiful day and the ocean was extremely calm so I went snorkeling. Remember all of the beautiful fish we saw, the fun we had and the water you took in when you decided to "go a little deeper"? Heres to you my friend, yours would be red and mine would be sweet white.......till our next toast together..Connie

Dad,



It has been almost three weeks now and I miss you more every day. There are so many things that I think about that I never got to tell you. I hope you hear me when I talk to you. I love you.

The Bill I knew wanted everyone to think he had a rough exterior when in fact he was a tender, gentle, teddy bear, but he seldom showed that side to anyone. We traveled countless roads and miles together, shared many a laugh together and an occasional tear, drank a few glasses of wine together, shared some good times and some bad times together. But through it all, at the end of the day I was happy to call him my friend. I will only remember the good times, and will always look back with a smile and will always be the better person for knowing you my dear friend.



My thoughts are with your family in these days of grief and rememberance. God Bless and take better care of yourself now.

Connie

Dear Family,

We are sorry to hear of Bill Ross's death. We knew him as our supervisor at Sacramento's Main Post Office in the early 80's.

God Bless.

Dad, I miss you so much everyday. I know that no matter what I do I can not bring you back. I will never forget all the stuff we did together. I will never stop loving you. Hopefully you know that I do remember the things you did for me as a kid. I never got a chance to thank you for all the swimming and softball practice you helped me with. You helped improve my skills soo much. I also remember the lawn work we would do together and then walk to the store for the slurpy treat. The help and support you gave me for my college education and graduation.



Our family loved the camping trips we would take including the ones in the rain. Then there was that darn phase 10 game that you loved and I would win and make you mad.



I know you are at peace and will continue to look over all of us. Just remember that while you are looking down at us we are looking up to you and missing and loving you everyday.

Bill, The wine tasting/bed & breakfast trips you set up were always great...just the best. And you were the organizer, leader and catalysis of every venture. Very good times and memories. Rest in peace.