Birth date: Sep 16, 1955 Death date: Jul 21, 2016
William Edward Adamic, of Mount Dora, FL age 60, passed away on July 21, 2016 from a pulmonary embolism. He was born in Lakewood, Ohio and moved to Florida in 2015, where he was a truck driver with Land Air Express. He was a devot Read Obituary
We met in the 6th or 7th grade. Bill would have remembered or been able to come up with a story plausible enough to be true or so entertaining you wouldn't care.
This ability allowed Bill to walk up to a group of complete strangers and leave with a lifelong friend or wife.
Entering Bill's world was like being invited behind the wizard's curtain. The planets in that universe were composed of business ideas, political puns, star trek plots, jokes and magazines. Man he would have loved those early 1900 National Geographic if I'd mailed them.
Everyone knew Bill was smart. Few could put it in perspective. The parents of my Bell Labs cube mates were PhD's, professors, accountants or leaders of their country. All are smart... Two are in the top 10%, one in the top 1% and one probably is a genius. Bill's intellect came from within, not the high school, college, work assembly line. He would have fit in well ... if school had been as interesting, or fun, as his Kawasaki 500.
We often talked about what we'd do when I moved to Florida. Last week I was reflecting about moving there with the beauty and symmetry from spending my last days with my high school friends (Bill and Mark).
Peggy and Julie, I wish you my best. Bill, I'll miss you and catch you on the other side. Hopefully late as usual.
Dale Meadows
Heartfelt Sympathies to Peggy & Julie. My prayers are with you during this difficult time.
from the first time i met Bill-rebuilding his norton in the living room of their apartment on South Lane in Lakewood, to now-he has been one of my best friends. the three of us have shared many good times.....I am so sorry he is gone-he will be greatly missed. i'm sorry that I cannot not be there for you Peggy and Julie, but you are in my heart, my thoughts, and my prayers. love to both of you-----karen
Bill was a genius. (in the natural sense) I was constantly amazed by his vast knowledge of so many things even though he just barely got out of high school. He was the most serious person I've ever known and at the same time, the most mischievous person I've ever known. He was the most "take no chances" type of guy, unless of course he was riding his motorcycle down the street at 100 mph! There are so many aspects to Bill's character that seem to contradict one another yet that's who he was. But most of all Bill was my friend, my brother, my confidant. I will miss our phone talks almost weekly (sometimes more often). We were still making our "grand plans" that we initially started dreaming about back in junior high. I love you my friend. - mark
