1959 - 2022
Bill was born in Vancouver, B.C. on March 27, 1959, to parents Raymond and Merle Caley;
Bill was the oldest brother to his sister Diane.
Bill grew up living first in the White Rock area and then the Caley family settled in Delta where he graduated from North Delta Secondary in 1978.
In the same year Bill met Susan at a teen disco in Burnaby called “Bumpers”.
Bill would travel from Delta every weekend to pickup Susan who lived in Maple Ridge.
During this time Bill wrote two songs “90 minutes to kill” and “Boyfriend” because of the travel time
it took to pickup Susan.
Bill started his education at Douglas College where he obtained his Criminology Diploma,
he later transferred to Simon Fraser University where he obtained his Bachelor of Education.
While studying at SFU Bill and Susan married in April 1982. Bill’s first job teaching was at
William F. Davidson School
In 1989 their first daughter Nicole was born and then in 1994 their second daughter Jessica was born. Bill was a very proud father and would do anything for his daughters, from taking them to soccer and dance, picking them up when vehicles broke down, to texting them most days to say how proud he was of them.
In 1996 Bill obtained his Master’s Degree from City University. Bill worked his entire career as an educator for the Surrey School district and retired as a school principal.
His love of sports and music transferred into his teaching and administration where he would often be seen playing sports with kids on the fields, coaching school teams
or playing music at school assemblies.
Bill over the years played in several bands which included “The Plan” and “Death Scream”. Here they played many of the original songs Bill wrote.
Bill also loved hockey and he played for a number of years for the “Yellow Jackets”
a Surrey administrators’ team.
Bill also loved disc golf and had a great many friends that he played with including annual trips to Pender Island with the “Left 8 Club”.
Bill loved so many things – gardening, music, disc golf, sports but most of all his family.
He was 62 years of age.
Survived by his wife Susan, daughter Nicole, daughter Jessica and her husband Brandon, his mother Merle Caley and family friend Chris Harris, sister Diane and husband Bob and numerous nieces and nephews.
A Celebration of Life for Bill will be held Thursday March 10th @ 11:30 at Fraser Heights Chapel
COMPARTA UN OBITUARIO
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