William Bill Lindsay Pryde passed away April 5, 2005 at his home in Richland, Washington. He was 89 years old.

Bill was born to Charlotte Lindsay and William Pryde on May 29, 1915. He was raised in Byron, Wyoming and lived in the log cabin that is now the Byron Museum. He married Verle Sanders on June 16, 1937. They had one daughter, Sandra Sue Pryde, born May 14, 1940.

Throughout his life, Bill enjoyed fishing along the streams, rivers and lakes of Wyoming, Idaho, Utah and Montana. He shared this with his wife and daughter. He also enjoyed deep sea fishing. He passed on his love of fishing to his grandsons.

Bill worked in the mechanical construction business beginning in 1934 when he began working in the Wyoming oil fields. The family did much traveling to various job locations in Idaho, Montana, Washington and Utah.

In 1961 Bill joined JELCO, Inc., to start up a new mechanical division. He was made Exec. Vice-President in 1971 and built the division into one of the major mechanical contractors in the U.S.

A member of the Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 19, he also helped form GAPCO, Inc. and was involved in welding technologies used at nuclear power plants.

Following Verle’s death, Bill was blessed to be reunited with his grade-school sweetheart LeNorma “Tomi” Neville Olson on Dec. 18, 1981. They enjoyed 18 years of marriage before her death in 2000.

Bill was a member of the East Millcreek 11th Ward and served in many capacities. Following Tomi’s death he moved to the Tri-Cities, Washington area to be closer to his grandchildren.

Bill is preceded in death by his parents, his wife Verle, his daughter Sandra, his second wife Tomi, and his sister Ellen Sanders.

He is survived by son-in-law John Schumacher & Hisano; grandchildren Shauna Anderson & Greg, William Schumacher, and Jeff Schumacher & Diana, all of Tri-Cities, WA, Scott Schumacher & Kathi of Cameron Park, CA; great-grandchildren Andrea and Tasha Simenson of Richland, WA, Dalton and Wyatt Schumacher of Cameron Park, CA, and Lindsay Schumacher of Spokane, WA.

Other survivors include brother Dick Walker & Billie of Powell, WY; sisters Elaine Schnabel of SLC, UT and Betty Partridge, West Valley City, UT; also numerous nephews, nieces, cousins and step-grandchildren who were very special to him.

Special thanks to Carole Allenbaugh and the wonderful loving staff at Guardian Angel Homes, Dr. Erik Isaacson and Dr. Quinn Smith, all of Richland, WA, and to Tri-Cities Hospice. Much gratitude to Dr. Majid Moshirfar at the University of Utah John Moran Eye Center who brought light into a dark place and made the end brighter.

A graveside service will be held Saturday April 9, 2005 at 2:00 PM at Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park and Mortuary, 3401 Highland Dr., SLC, UT. A reception will follow at the East Millcreek 11th Ward house at 2702 Evergreen Avenue.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made in Bill’s name to the John Moran Eye Center at the University of Utah, or to the Lion’s Eye Bank of Utah or Washington.