William Peter Spinner

July 9, 1942 — October 21, 2020

William Peter Spinner (Bill) fell asleep in death on Oct 21,2020 at the age of 78. Bill was a long time resident of Bennington, VT.

Bill was born on July 9, 1942 in Boston, MA, to the late William and Dorothy (Reithwisch) Spinner. At age 15, Bill, his younger brother and his mother moved to her native Iowa after the death of his father. This is where he met the love of his life, Dolores (Manning) Spinner. They were happily married for 50 years and raised 4 kids.

Bill graduated from high school in Lansing Iowa. For years, Bill worked in the trucking industry as a systems analyst, first in LaCrosse, Wi and later for a small trucking firm in Versailles, OH. Bill loved mountains, cold weather and snow, so when a job search lead him to a job opportunity in Manchester, VT, in 1986, he jumped at it. Bill fell in love with Vermont and this is where he and his wife lived for the rest of their lives.

Bill was well known for his dry sense of humor and his corny jokes. He also was well know for his rather stubborn streak. Bill enjoyed a good game of cards, his favorite card game being Euchre. Back in his younger days, Bill also enjoyed a mean game of basketball. Bill was an avid football fan and his team was the NE Patriots. Anyone that knew Bill knew of his love of heating with wood and all that it involved. Bill NEVER passed up on free firewood, EVER. Bill was also know for his love of antiquing as well as stopping at almost every tag sale he ran across.

Bill was preceded in death by his wife who passed away in 2014 and by their infant daughter who passed away in 1967. Surviving children of Bill and Dolores are Robert Spinner of Dayton, OH: Ellie Thompson (Clinton), of Shaftsbury, VT: June Craft (Russell) of Piqua, OH; and Clark Spinner of Tampa, FL. Bill has 5 grandchildren, Phillip, Kari, Ashley, Paige, and Samuel. Bill also has 5 great grandchildren.

Bill and his wife were long time members of the Bennington Cong. of Jehovah's Witnesses where Bill served the congregation as an elder. Bill found much joy in sharing the bible's message on a regular basis, even doing so with his health care workers right up until his death.

There will be a private funeral for Bill via Zoom on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020.

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William Peter Spinner

July 9, 1942 — October 21, 2020

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