William Charles (Bill) Wernecke died Thursday, June 23, 2011, at Overlake Hospital Medical Center in Bellevue. He was 56. Bill was born March 13, 1955, in Moscow to Ray and Betty Trimble Wernecke.
He grew up and attended Moscow schools. Bill was involved with Cub Scouts, and during his junior and senior high school years, football, wrestling and track. He was always an avid bird hunter. He graduated from Moscow High School in 1973. He began working for Crites Pea Warehouse, where he worked for several years. He later worked for Rausch Construction finishing concrete.
In 1981, he and Patti Beloit were married in Moscow. They later divorced. On Sept. 23, 1989, he and Carla DeHoag were married in Issaquah, Wash.
In 1990, he established ABC Concrete in Bellevue and was operating the business at the time of his death.
Surviving are his wife, Carla; daughters, Lindsay and Kelli; son, Andrew; his parents, Ray and Betty Wernecke in Moscow; his sisters, Cheryl and Chuck Baysinger of Moscow, and Linda Jacobs of Renton, Wash.; a brother, Brian and Jodi Wernecke of Palouse; and several nieces and nephews.
A funeral service will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Short's Funeral Chapel in Moscow. Burial will follow at the Moscow Cemetery.
The family suggests memorials be made to the Moscow Bear Boosters or to a charity of choice.
Online condolences may be sent to www.shortsfuneralchapel.net.
