April 16, 1951 - July 29, 2023
Honolulu, Hawaii, Born to loving parents Donald Marion Petty and Lucile Simmons Petty, “Bill”, as he liked to be called, fought a 10 1/2 year battle with cancer. He was the eldest brother to Paul, Mark, Diane, Steve and Karl.
While many people can say they are a “jack of all trades but a master of none…” Bill could truly say he could master most anything he set his brilliant mind to. He had an incredible memory, which served him and many others all of his life.
He was able to take apart electronics and appliances, such as his mother’s Kirby vacuum, branching onto vehicles and other various simple and complex gadgets. His crowning achievement was fixing, building and repairing organs, pianos and pipe organs. He could tune anything. He knew and understood the inner workings of machines, simple to complex… Bill was a very complicated, complex, and trailblazing individual.
After he graduated from the Bonneville High School class of 1969 in Ogden, Utah, he was then drafted into the Vietnam War, a scary time for all. Luckily, he was assigned to be a military policeman at the Presidio in San Francisco, California. During his time in the military, he learned confidence, structure, and a new world-view about politics and life.
He is well-loved by many in Hawaii, California, Utah, and beyond. We cannot begin to share all he packed in in his 72 years, but he lived a well-seasoned life. Bill is survived by his siblings Paul (Susan) Petty of Ogden, Utah; Mark (Teri) Petty of Wichita, Kansas; Diane (Bryan) Larson of Egin, Idaho; Steve (Rhonda) Petty of Fruit Heights, Utah; Karl (Mimi) Petty of Orem, Utah; many nieces, nephews, cousins, and dear friends and church families, both in Hawaii and on the mainland.
He is proceeded in death by his dear mother, Lucile Simmons Petty, and father, Donald Marion Petty, and grandparents Willie and Annie Petty, and Elmer and Mabel Simmons.
The family asks that to honor and preserve Bill’s memory, in lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his honor to “Church of the Crossroads” 1212 University Avenue, Honolulu, Hawaii, or to the “Bill Petty Theatre Organ Maintenance and Restoration Fund” at the Hawaii Theatre Center 1130 Bethel Street, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Warmest Aloha and Mahalo, from all the Petty Ohana to the staff at St. Francis Hospice Hospital, Church of the Crossroads, The Hawaii Theatre community, and all of his very good and great friends and Ohana, many who cannot be named, and to Mikey, his “Wingman”.
While many people can say they are a “jack of all trades but a master of none…” Bill could truly say he could master most anything he set his brilliant mind to. He had an incredible memory, which served him and many others all of his life.
He was able to take apart electronics and appliances, such as his mother’s Kirby vacuum, branching onto vehicles and other various simple and complex gadgets. His crowning achievement was fixing, building and repairing organs, pianos and pipe organs. He could tune anything. He knew and understood the inner workings of machines, simple to complex… Bill was a very complicated, complex, and trailblazing individual.
After he graduated from the Bonneville High School class of 1969 in Ogden, Utah, he was then drafted into the Vietnam War, a scary time for all. Luckily, he was assigned to be a military policeman at the Presidio in San Francisco, California. During his time in the military, he learned confidence, structure, and a new world-view about politics and life.
He is well-loved by many in Hawaii, California, Utah, and beyond. We cannot begin to share all he packed in in his 72 years, but he lived a well-seasoned life. Bill is survived by his siblings Paul (Susan) Petty of Ogden, Utah; Mark (Teri) Petty of Wichita, Kansas; Diane (Bryan) Larson of Egin, Idaho; Steve (Rhonda) Petty of Fruit Heights, Utah; Karl (Mimi) Petty of Orem, Utah; many nieces, nephews, cousins, and dear friends and church families, both in Hawaii and on the mainland.
He is proceeded in death by his dear mother, Lucile Simmons Petty, and father, Donald Marion Petty, and grandparents Willie and Annie Petty, and Elmer and Mabel Simmons.
The family asks that to honor and preserve Bill’s memory, in lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his honor to “Church of the Crossroads” 1212 University Avenue, Honolulu, Hawaii, or to the “Bill Petty Theatre Organ Maintenance and Restoration Fund” at the Hawaii Theatre Center 1130 Bethel Street, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Warmest Aloha and Mahalo, from all the Petty Ohana to the staff at St. Francis Hospice Hospital, Church of the Crossroads, The Hawaii Theatre community, and all of his very good and great friends and Ohana, many who cannot be named, and to Mikey, his “Wingman”.
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