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William Cameron

Atchison, KS

November 17, 1946 - February 14, 2017

William Cameron Obituary

William Lloyd “Bill” Cameron, 70, of Lancaster, KS died Tuesday, February 14, 2017 at Mosiac Health Center, St. Joseph, MO. Funeral services will be 2:00 pm on Saturday, February 18th, 2017 at the Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home with Rev. Jim Cormode officiating. The body will be cremated following the service and private family interment of cremated remains will be at a later date in the Lancaster Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 pm on Friday, February 17th, 2017 at the Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home. Memorial contributions are suggested to Benedictine College or the American Cancer Society and may be sent in care of the funeral home. Condolences to the family may be left online at www.beckerdyer.com. Bill was born on November 17, 1946 in Kansas City, KS the son of John and Betty (Jones) Cameron. He graduated from Atchison County Community High School in 1964. Bill served four years in the U.S. Coast Guard serving in Corpus Christi, TX and in Connecticut. He worked for his parents in the Lancaster Grocery and Locker for a many years. Bill retired in December, 2016 following 23 years of maintenance work for Blair Milling, Atchison. He was a member of the Lancaster United Methodist Church, the Dairy Herd Improvement Association, where he did testing of milk. Bill was especially involved and proud of his children and grandchildren, attending as much of their activities and sporting events as possible. Bill loved horses and could do any and everything associated with horses. He also enjoyed bowling, watching television, playing slow pitch baseball, and was an avid Benedictine and University of Kansas sports fan. He didn’t know a stranger, and could talk with anyone. He was married to “Lin” Linda Pennington on February 8, 1971 in Miami, OK. She survives of the home. Additional survivors include three daughters, Lori Stafford, Atchison, KS, Daisha (Dean) Miller, Atchison, KS, and Donae (Mike) Pierce, Horton, KS, two sisters Bonnie Cameron and Mary Liggett, both of Atchison, KS, seven grandchildren, Lyra and Trey Scheid, Tylor Layfield, Matthew, Andrew and Caleb Miller and Kelsey (Derek) Barnett and two great grandchildren, Aerilyn Layfield and Rilynn Barnett. His parents, grandson Nicholas Miller, and granddaughter Elizabeth Scheid, preceded him in death.

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