Inspired by his early volunteer work with Heifer International, Bill devoted himself to the organization's mission of ending hunger and poverty through agricultural support and education. After nine years of volunteering, he joined the organization full-time, beginning a remarkable 31-year career.

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Bill's work with Heifer took him across the globe: trucking goats to Mexico, accompanying cattle and pigs on ships bound for Japan and Korea, and caring for livestock transported by air to Ecuador and Korea. He served as Director of multiple U.S. regions, living and working in Modesto, California (where he earned his Doctor of Ministry degree from San Francisco Theological Seminary). He also established Heifer's Planned Giving and Trust Fund Program, ensuring the organization's mission would endure for generations.
 

Bill retired in 1999, but retirement did little to slow him. That same year, he and Mary traveled to South Korea and China to visit Heifer projects. In 2002, they led 18 supporters on a study tour to India and Nepal, and in 2004, guided another group to Tanzania. Bill also briefly returned to pastoral ministry, serving as an interim pastor alongside his wife, Mary, at the First United Methodist Church in Modesto from 2001 to 2002.

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We invite you to honor Bill's life by supporting Heifer International. Heifer's mission-to help families lift themselves out of hunger and poverty-was central to Bill's life's work.