In Memory

This is from the Service for Bill. I wanted to share it with everyone who wasn't able to make it. Attached at the bottom is also the pamphlet and slide show from the service.

We are here to celebrate the life of William Patrick Arpin.

Bill was born the eldest son to his grateful parents at Saint Luke’s Hospital in New Hartford, New York (Utica area) on June 27, 1971. He grew up in Sheridan, Arkansas, and graduated from Sheridan High School in 1989. He graduated from the University of Tulsa in Oklahoma in 1994 with a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering. He was a very caring, loving and devoted husband, father, brother, son and friend. He enjoyed spending time with his family and friends. He had a deep love of animals and was the proud owner of several dogs, cats, snakes, iguanas, gerbils, parakeets and Sam the turtle. He met the love of his life, Pam, on May 26, 2006. They were happily married on February 24, 2007.

Bill is survived by his loving wife, Pamela of Irving TX; Pam’s sons, James and Benjamin ; Pam’s daughter Madelynne ; his parents Helen and Gary of DeQueen, AR; his brother, Daniel of Albuquerque, NM; his paternal Grandfather, John of Cocoa Beach Florida; his Maternal Grandmother, Edna e of Stamford, NY as well as many cousins, aunts, uncles, and hosts of friends.

My name is Ryan. I am a friend of Bills. What you may not know is that I am a minister. I married Bill and Pam and our friends Eric and Tracey. Bill’s Family asked if I would say a few words today.

I thought I would start off by telling you how I met Bill. After I started thinking about it though, I can’t actually pin down the exact way that Bill and I met. We had a lot of friends in common and Bill and I just started being friends. And that’s how Bill was. If he knew you, you were his friend.

When I think back on the friends that we had back in college there were two or three groups of people that all kind of knew each other but everyone knew Bill. And Bill was that way no matter where he was.

After College We both worked at the same company in Tulsa. And I knew the people I worked with, but everyone knew Bill.

Even in the online games we would played together, he was friends with everyone. I’ve been getting messages from people who only new Bill online saying how much he will be missed.

Another thing about Bill was always he was always there to help whenever anyone needed it.

One time Bill and I were coming out of the engineering building at TU. And we saw our friend Layle working on his car. He was replacing the battery. Bill and helped him get it hooked up but somehow we had done it wrong. The battery cables burst into flames. I remember my dad saying that if you hooked up a battery wrong that it would explode , so I dove behind the car as did Layle. I turned around to see Bill grab a srewdriver and flip the battery cables off the battery. He then looked at us us disapprovingly and said "Thanks Guys." (If you know Bill you know ecactly the look I'm talking about.)

Bill had a very big heart, and he opened it to everyone. When Pam and Bill got together there was never any question that James, Ben and Maddy were a part of his family. Bill just wouldn’t have had it any other way.

James wrote a message to Pam and thought I would share it with you.

“I honestly have one important rule in my life, and that is that everything happens for a reason. Whether it be losing a game, being late for work, or even tripping over a rock. It all happens for a reason. In my opinion, Bill had completed his life. After Pam came along, he had wife that he loved, a couple of kids to take care of and have fun with, and some great times. Bill had fun the last couple of years and you can think about that whenever you miss him.
He's in a better place now. One without stupid drivers.”

Thank You

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