Submitted by

Ken Gates

WILLIAM "BILL" FREDERICK POTTINGER
July 2, 1918 - December 1, 2007

William "Bill" Frederick Pottinger, 89, of Lott, died on Saturday, December 1, 2007 in a Marlin hospital.

Services were held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, December 5 at Cook-Gerngross-Green-Patterson Funeral Home in Rosebud, with Chester Springfield officiating. Visitation was held from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. on Tuesday, December 4 at the funeral home.

Pottinger was born on July 2, 1918 in Hillsboro, where he attended schools before moving to Lott. He was the son of William Frederick Pottinger and Fatima Knowles Pottinger, who died when he was very young. Pottinger and his two brothers were reared by their uncle, Dal Pottinger, and his wife, Mamie.

Pottinger joined the Navy, serving on the Aircraft Carrier Enterprise #06. He was in the Leia Hospital in Hawaii at the time Pearl Harbor was attacked. He participated in horse shows in Central Texas, was a member of the Waco Gem and Mineral Club for many years and was an avid fisherman. The past two years Pottinger has resided at Golden Years Nursing Home in Marlin. He was a life member of the Westphalia VFW Post #6117 and worked for the Falls Butane Company for many years. He was a member of Lott Presbyterian Church.

He was preceded in death by his parents and foster parents: Dal and Mamie Porter Pottinger; two brother: William Knowles Pottinger and Claude Pottinger; and two stepsons: Larry Joe Bonomi and Jimmy Bonomi.

Survivors include his wife: Hazel Tindale Pottinger, of Lott; two daughters: Carri Beth Pottinger, of Marcellus, New York, and Kathy Pottinger Smiley, of New Castle, Indiana; two granddaughters: Stacey Chesterman and husband Dave, and Storey Pottinger Smiley of New Castle, Indiana; great grandchildren: Joe and Olivia Chesterman; step-grandson: Thomas E. Bonomi; step-great grandson: Damon Thomas Bonomi, of Oklahoma; and several nieces and nephews.