Birth date: Apr 21, 1919 Death date: Mar 27, 2012
William Best was born in Pellum, New York on April 21, 1919 and died at home in Oakland, CA on March 27, 2012. After graduating from Lawrenceville in 1938 he attended Union College and worked as a journalist before joining the Arm Read Obituary
Holding you in my heart forever. Till our next sunset.
I just learned of Bill's death and wanted to pay my respects here. My parents, Dale and Fritz Kessinger, knew Bill when they were at the University of Arizona in the late 1940s. They remained friends for many years. Bill, in fact, was my Godfather and gave me a small printing press when I was around 8 years old; my father helped us produce The Kessinger Messinger on that small press. Bill and my mother Dale were great friends and she thought of him as her brother. When we lived in Tucson, my family spent every Christmas eve out at their beautiful home on East Speedway. We had many happy times there with Marjorie and Bill and Susie and Betty and Christopher. Bill was always witty and droll and very amusing, and we will always think of him fondly. May he rest in peace, Claire (and Olivier) Mathey
