Obituary: William “Bill” Prentice — Neuse Information

William “Bill” Prentice

March 10, 1942 – January 11, 2023

Our beloved, William “Bill” Percy Prentice, age 80, of Seven Springs, North Carolina, handed away unexpectedly, however quietly, in his sleep on the morning of Wednesday, January 11, 2023.

Invoice was born on March 10, 1942, to Eva and Everett Prentice in Thornbury, Ontario, Canada. He was a self-taught entrepreneur and ventured into many occupations all through his life, beginning his profession as a funeral director. He then determined to pursue an thrilling profession on an offshore drilling rig within the Georgian Bay and throughout Canada. As a newbie on the rig, he began out as a “Rough Neck”, a place that will need to have match him completely! Through the years nevertheless, Invoice labored his manner as much as the place of “Tool Pusher”, the boss of the whole rig. This was the job Invoice Prentice was most happy with.

Later Invoice moved to Crystal Seaside, Canada, the place he met his late spouse, Diane “DeDe” Prentice and shortly after their adventures started. They shortly realized they have been a match made in heaven and they’d spend the remainder of their lives collectively. They dreamed of transferring to an island, which got here true once they moved to Kihei, Maui, bought married (1985), and acquired a home and a window-tinting enterprise. They spent a few years on Maui after which moved again to the mainland the place they traveled the nation in a motorhome. They ultimately settled in Pink Hill, North Carolina after they purchased Maxwell’s Mill fishing campground.

As a younger man, Invoice loved snowboarding and driving quick vehicles. After he bought married, tenting turned considered one of his favourite pastimes. He beloved touring along with his spouse and associates to varied campgrounds for prolonged weekends. He was all the time the lifetime of the celebration. He loved spending time doing crossword puzzles, and he was recognized for hanging out on his golf cart and socializing with associates. Each time surrounded by firm, you may be certain he would seize the chance to crack a joke or two and inform a narrative to get you to snicker. Our Invoice shall be significantly missed and by no means forgotten.

Invoice was predeceased by his spouse, Diane, his stepson, Chan Maguire, his mother and father, Eva and Everett Prentice, and his three siblings, Eleanore Prentice, Blake Prentice and Clive Prentice. He’ll without end be remembered and cherished by his stepdaughter, Lynn Barclay, his step-grandchildren Trevor Maguire, Jack Barclay, and Madyson Barclay and his sister, Jewell Hogg, and his many nieces and nephews and their households.

Visitation shall be held at Rouse Funeral Residence in La Grange, North Carolina, on Thursday, January 19, 2023 from 4 to 6PM. The interment of ashes shall be positioned subsequent to his beloved spouse, DeDe on the Forest Garden Cemetery in Buffalo, New York.

On-line condolences could also be expressed at www.rousefh.com. Preparations are entrusted to Rouse Funeral Residence, La Grange.