I'm very sad to announce that Bill Choisser, creator of our
club web site and one of the earliest members of our club,
passed away last Tuesday morning, May 17, after going though
many medical problems recently due to the muscle disease
Myositis that he's had for 10 years. His husband, Larry,
spent many hours at his side during these last days.
You are all invited to a viewing on Friday evening, May 20,
from 6 to 9 pm at Sullivans Funeral Home, 2254 Market
Street, San Francisco. Please come and say goodbye to
Bill. There will be no funeral service. Bill will
be buried on Saturday, May 21, at 2:30 pm at Woodlawn Memorial
Park, 1000 El Camino Real in Colma.
If you'd like to see some heart warming posts and pictures
regarding Bill, you'll find them on Facebook (just search
for Bill Choisser or Larry Kenney), the Long Hair HyperCard
(http://www.mlhh.org/) and the Hot Boots message board
(www.hotboots.com/bol/).
I remember Bill from many hikes years ago. We spent one
lovely evening on the rocks on Corona heights watching an
eclipse of the moon. If Bill ever acted like he didn't
recognize you, it's because he suffered from Prosopagnosia,
or Face Blindness, the inability to recognize faces. It was
a connection that we had since a have a mild form of the
same thing. I will miss him.
Sincerely,
I remember him from the very early days of the Club, back in
the early 80's. Each month the club gathered at Bill and
Larry's home for our monthly "stick and lick". Bill was way
ahead of most of us on his technological talents. We all
marveled at his ability to maintain the electronic member
database, and the printing of address labels (that was a
huge thing that time). We had many fun evenings at their
home, putting together the newsletters and talking about
upcoming trips and outings. Bill was a very active and
devoted member of the club, and instrumental in leading many
great City hikes. His trademark annual hike was his "7
hills of San Francisco". This was the first hike I ever
went on with the Club back in late 1983 and Bill is one of
the first people I met when I moved to the City. Many very
fond memories...
To: Members of the San Francisco Hiking Club
From: Paul Lee
Paul Lee
Some memories from Michael La Point, one of our early club
presidents: