In the early morning of December 17, 2025, Billy (Bill) Todd, also known as Poppy to his two grand-girls, passed away unexpectedly at home with his wife, Karen, at his side. Bill was born on January 23, 1955 in Blackwell, Oklahoma to Jay and Virginia Todd.

Around the age of 2, he and his family moved permanently to Pasco, WA where he grew up with his brothers Jerry and Windle, and sister Betty. For 3 of his growing up years he was also an older brother to his cousins Curtis and Michael Bean.

Bill attended schools in Pasco, WA, graduating from Pasco High School in 1974. Throughout his youth he kept himself busy playing baseball, basketball, and running around with the neighborhood kids. As a teenager it was common for him to go hunting or fishing after school.

As a teenager Bill worked at the Pasco Thrifty Drug and Pasco Red Lion. At the age of 20 he changed jobs and went to work at Burns and Roe at the WPPSS #2 construction jobsite (now known as Energy Northwest Generating Plant), operating the blueprint machine. Contrary to what many people think was their ‘meet-cute’ in a car accident between them on the blue bridge, Bill and Karen had actually met about 2 weeks prior at his new job. But the accident opened their door and the rest is history.

Once they started dating, they spent pretty much every waking hour together until they married in October 1976 and started their family when their son Kevin was born.

Over the years he worked at WPPSS #1&4 for United Engineers and Bechtel as the Reproduction Supervisor. After a bungled transfer to the Zimmer Power Plant in Ohio with Bechtel in 1984, they were back home in Richland only 4 days later as the plant was being shut down and changed from nuclear to coal.

Upon returning, they made their permanent residence in Richland where family, friends, good hunting and fishing were, and where Kevin could grow up with his cousins close by.

Bill entered the freight business driving for Viking Freight and served as Terminal Supervisor for a few of those years, Conway Western Express, many Hanford contractors and eventually retiring as a Teamster from MSA at Hanford in 2020.

Bill continued playing basketball and softball into early adulthood until Kevin started playing his own sports and he turned his attention to watching Kevin play and helping coach Kevin’s little league baseball team. In the evenings Karen would look out the back window and see this father and son spending time together playing catch, as Bill was teaching Kevin all he knew about baseball.

Many hunting, fishing, water sports and camping trips took place over the years with family and friends. Lots of wonderful memories were built. Many of them around the Tucannon, O’Sullivan, Twin Lakes and the Oregon Coast, as well as other places.

Over the years Bill occasionally fished in local bass and salmon tournaments, winning 1^st place as an amateur bass fisherman and placed in a salmon tournament. He also won the summer vacation ‘Loper-Todd Family Bass Tournament’ while vacationing at Log Cabin Resort at Twin Lakes, WA.

Bill enjoyed playing with his two beautiful grand-girls, Norah and Berlin. Whether it was letting the girls fix his hair, paint his nails, play Poly Pockets, coloring, reading, picking them up from school, sharing the care when they were sick, or taking them to the park and out for ice cream, he was all-in. He was their Poppy. He was known for making a spectacle of himself when picking the girls up from school by yelling their names and waving because that’s what a Poppy is supposed to do.

Bill’s passing has left a very large hole in this family and he is missed beyond what words can describe. He will be remembered as funny, faithful to his friends and family and was there when you needed a hand. He was always game for dressing up for Halloween in whatever costume Karen conjured up for them. He loved Christmas and enjoyed the hustle and bustle of the holiday by going to bazaars, stocking stuffer shopping and was generous with his gifting.

Bill is survived by his wife of over 49 years, Karen Todd, Richland, WA, son Kevin Todd and wife Candice, grand-girls Norah and Berlin Todd all of Pasco, WA, brothers Jerry Todd and wife Bonnie, Benton City, WA, Windle Todd and wife LaDebra, Finley WA, sister Betty Weir and husband Tim, Niwot, CO, sisters-in-law Kate Loper and Betsy Taylor and husband George, Richland, WA. Also survived by his aunts Lavonne Tehee of OK and Ahnetta Fields of WA, many nieces, nephews and cousins throughout the United States and local area, and friends. He is preceded in death by his parents Jay and Virginia Todd.

A celebration of life will be held Friday, January 23, 2026 at 11am, on what would have been Bill’s 71^st birthday at Memories at Sunset Event Center, 915 Bypass Highway, Richland, WA.

A private burial was previously held for Bill on December 30, 2025 at Sunset Memorial Gardens, Richland, WA.