Born on October 23, 1943,in LaRue County, Kentucky, Bill was the son of the lates’ Thomas Shofner & Hazel Cash. Bill was a retired Lab Tech with United Catalyst. He was a huge sports fan, it didn’t matter if it was football, baseball or golf to name a few. If a sport was in season, it was his favorite. He also had a huge interest in computers when they began making their emergence into daily lives. Bill served his nation with pride and honor in the United States Air Force. Although private about his service to his country, Bill was a member of the 1155th Tech Ops Squadron. He enlisted on 3 October 1961, shortly after the Bay of Pigs and just a year prior to the Cuban Missile Crisis. He was the recipient of the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award and the Air Force Good Conduct Medal. He also attended the 34 week Special Weapons Maintenance Tech School in 1962 at the Lowry Air Force Base in Colorado.
His parents, Thomas & Hazel Shofner; wife, Vesta Ann Shofner; sister, Patricia Blackford and infant sister, Rebecca Lynn Shofner, precede Bill in his passing.
Left to cherish his memory are his 4 children, Wilbur (Kathy) Lee, Darryl Lee, Pamela (Darren) Rowe & Selene Shofner; grandchildren, Carrie (Jeff) Kennedy, Beth Bray, Patrick (Shannon) Rowe & Cassandra Rowe; 7 – great – grandchildren; siblings, Raymond Shofner, James (Jean) Shofner, Sharlot Galloway; many special nieces & nephews; plus, a host of other relatives and friends to mourn his passing.
Funeral Services will be held on Monday, February 14, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. in the Dignity Chapel of the Evergreen Funeral Home with Dr. Robert Ehr officiating. Burial will be in the Garden of Angels of the Evergreen Cemetery & Garden Mausoleums. Visitation will be held on Sunday, February 13, 2022 from 1:00 – 5:00 p.m. and then again on Monday, from 1:00 p.m. until the hour of service at 2:00 p.m. also at the Evergreen Funeral Home.
