William James TROSPER

TROSPER, SARGENT, RHINEHART, BOULTON, BOULTON-TROSPER, COLLISTER, SCHRADER, MUMM, SEARS, AUCHAMPACH

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 5/19/2010 at 21:31:54

November 11, 2004
Mason City Globe Gazette - Iowa

ROCK FALLS — William "Bill" James Trosper, 43, rural Rock Falls, died Tuesday (Nov. 9, 2004) as a result of a farming accident. A memorial service will be held 10 a.m. Saturday at Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 N. Fourth St. in Clear Lake, with pastors Thomas Healey and Doug Domokos officiating. During the service, there will be a time to share memories. A traditional visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel. Following the visitation he will be cremated. Military honors will be held at the Sea Wall by the Clear Lake V.F.W. Memorials may be given to the William James "Bill" Trosper Memorial Fund.

Bill was born Sept. 2, 1961, in Fullerton, Neb., the son of Max O. and Donna (Sargent) Trosper. Bill graduated from Grand Island High School. He married Dianne Rhinehart and they lived in Ansley, Neb. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1979-1983. While in the service, his son Nathan was born. After his discharge from the United States Marine Corps, Bill moved to Garner, with a friend from boot camp. Shortly after moving to Garner, Bill met his future wife, Merry. While "courting" Merry, Bill attended the NIACC automotive program. Then on May 19, 1990, Bill and Merry Boulton were united in marriage in Clear Lake. Soon after their marriage, they moved to Alexander, and Bill worked at a hog confinement and then he worked for Latham Seed Co. Wanting to live closer to Bill's family, they moved to Grand Island, Neb., from 1994-1998, where he worked as a warehouse manager for Farmland Industries. In 1998, Bill transferred to the corporate office in Minneapolis, Minn., and worked as the transportation supervisor. They moved back to their present address at Rock Falls when Merry's mom became ill and Bill worked for Quick Supply as a blaster. Bill had spent the last few years working on the farm where they lived near Rock Falls. Bill enjoyed family, friends, fishing, dogs and all the rest of his animals.

Bill is survived by his wife, Merry Boulton-Trosper, of Rock Falls; his son, Nathan J. Collister, of Grand Island, Neb.; his mother, Donna Trosper, of Grand Island, Neb.; one brother, Bob Trosper and his wife, Deborah, of Grand Island, Neb.; two sisters: Karen Schrader and her husband, Terry, of Alda, Neb., and Debra Mumm and her husband, David, of Missouri Valley, Iowa; father-in-law, Rancher Sears and his fiancee, Karen Auchampach, of Clear Lake; and several nieces and nephews. Bill was preceded in death by his father, mother-in-law Maxine Sears; and brother-in-law, Mark Boulton. Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel.