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 The Obituary from the Indianola newspaper:
Bill Botkin, also referred to as Dad, Pappa and Botkin from friends and relatives, age 61 of Roach , Mo. departed this life on Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012, at Lake Regional Health System in Osage Beach, Mo.
Bill was survived by his wife Karen, two daughters and one granddaughter.
A Celebration of Life Service was held Nov. 20 at Lake Valley Country Club in Camdenton, Mo.
Memorial donations were suggested to the American Heart Assocation.
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Mary Ford (Krier)
Bill Botkin was one of the first boys I met when my family moved back to Indianola the spring I was 7 and in Mrs. Lotz class for the last six weeks of the school year. Bill and I became friends at the wading pool under the Indianola water tower, which was the only pool in town in 1958. Lake Acquabi was a rare treat to enjoy back then . . . Bill and I were in class together from then on--he was a great drummer in band class and a smart kid. He found his working nitch after graduating from Simpson, operating heavy machinery for McAninch Construction, if I remember correctly ; P Mary Ford Krier