Memories of William Kraus Wurst

In memory of

William Kraus Wurst

Saugerties, NY, USA

December 11, 1937 - November 4, 2018

Dec 11, 1937 - Nov 4, 2018

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Susan Santiago

Bill I will never forget all the fun we had in Woodstock and the adventures with Al in Shandaken. I hope you are in the next life relaxing and hanging out with old friends❤️

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Shushan Donobedian

2018, Saugerties, NY, USA

Bill at home doing paperwork and listening to the roundtable on WLRN

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Shushan Donobedian

2016, Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Reade Place, Poughkeepsie, NY, USA

Bill when first diagnosed, contentedly reading his beloved NYT

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Susan Santiago

Bill,
I am so happy I was able to reconnect with you before you left this earth. I will never forget all of the fun and adventures we had in Woodstock together, especially our hippie flea market. I hope you are at peace. I will see you in the next life my friend.
Abrazos,
Susan

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Shushan Donobedian

1975, Derry, Londonderry, UK

Bill lived in Derry for two years, a supporter of the IRA

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Shushan Donobedian

1990, Santa Fe, NM, USA

Bill chilling in back of his house

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Shushan Donobedian

Bill was born and raised in Philadelphia. .. he left tbat city far behind for the greener pastures of NYC, Northern Ireland , Berkeley, Santa Fe and Woodstock. .. but remained passionate about cheesesteaks, pretzels, and especially the eagles and phillies sports teams.

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Linda Jovin

2018, Raleigh, NC, USA

At 9 o'clock the morning of November 4, I went to world peace prayer as I do on the first Sunday of each month. I called Bill and spoke to him briefly. I could hear that he was in cheyne-stokes and i knew it would not be long. I asked my friends to chant for him.We all began to chant. I called the hospital back and asked the nurse to hold the phone to Bill's ear and she did. I could hear him bteathing. He could hear 100 people chanting Nam Myoho Renge Kyo for 10 minutes foiiowed by the chanting of a portion of the Lotus Sutra. Bill continued to listen. Chanting began again for another 10 minutes. I could still hear his breath. When the gong sounded at the end of the hour i told him I loved him and hung up the phone. He passed at 10:30 am. Bill and I had many wild adventures and he rented rooms in many of my houses in Woodstock. My children loved him. I spent hours talking to him on the phone. He was a brilliant and entertaining conversationalist and a wicked,funny man. I'm going to miss him a lot.

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