<div dir="ltr">He and I share a birth date... I never knew that. <div><br></div><div>I met him but I did not know him. I think we would have gotten along quite well.</div><div><br></div><div>I hope to be able to make it to the memorial.</div><div><br></div><div>Brian</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature">Brian Chabot</div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jan 16, 2016 at 2:11 PM, <a href="mailto:maddog@li.org">maddog@li.org</a> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jonhall80@comcast.net" target="_blank">jonhall80@comcast.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Bill (William Joseph) Sconce, age 72, Lyndeborough, NH, died on January 5,<br>
2016 at Lahey Hospital in Burlington, MA. The cause was a cerebral<br>
hemorrhage. He was a good man.<br>
<br>
<br>
Bill was born April 19, 1943 in Indianapolis, IN, and came home to the<br>
House on the Hill in Edinburgh, IN. Bill grew up there with his brother<br>
David, who predeceased him. His parents were Eva Mae and Joseph Byce<br>
Sconce. Bill soon became a proficient Spelunker and surveyor in the caves<br>
of Indiana and Kentucky, and a motorcycle enthusiast. Graduating from<br>
Culver Military Academy, where he earned his Amateur Radio License, he<br>
received a Fulbright scholarship and rode his Norton motorcycle to CalTech<br>
in San Francisco, CA where he studied Physics and worked in a<br>
crystalography laboratory. He was drafted during the Vietnam war protests<br>
at that school and served in Taigu Korea, where he studied IBM Cobol and<br>
the Korean language, and rode a Honda 90 motorcycle in the mountains. He<br>
returned to Louisville, KY and began a long career in computer science and<br>
founded his company Industrial Specialities. He met the love of his life<br>
in Louisville, Janet Levy, and with her encouragement he completed his<br>
dream of becoming a pilot, holding a Commercial, Instrument, and Instructor<br>
license. He continued studies at University of Louisville in linguistics<br>
and computer science. Bill & Janet moved to NH in 1979 for Bill to graduate<br>
from being Symposium Coordinator for DECUS to assume the position of<br>
Product Manager for the RSTS Group at Digital Equipment Corporation. Bill<br>
worked for and was layed off from DEC, Compaq, and Hewlett Packard, at<br>
which point he revived his corporation, named it In Spec, Inc. and divided<br>
his time between software engineering and flight instruction. Bill was a<br>
devoted supporter of GPL and "free" Linux software and the Python<br>
programming language. Bill was a member of the Vintage BMW Motorcycle<br>
Owners, Ltd., the BMW MOVer Motorcycle Club of Vermont, the Contoocook<br>
Valley Radio Club, a life member of the National Speological Society and<br>
the American Radio Relay League. He supported the EAA and was a Regional<br>
Judge for aerobatic competitions for IAC for many years. He loved aviation,<br>
including hot air ballooning and skydiving. He participated in Young<br>
Eagles at Boire Airport in Nashua, NH and enjoyed teaching young people to<br>
fly. He taught spins in his Cessna Aerobat. And he was a Quiet Birdman. He<br>
was a member of the Rex Stout Wolfepack Book Club and The Wodehouse<br>
Society. Bill loved theatre, classical and rock music, and especially<br>
lately, attending Dr. David Landman's Poetry Nights of medieval poetry in<br>
Lexington, MA.<br>
<br>
<br>
He loved fixing things and if there were no parts available for a project<br>
he promptly made them himself on his metal lathe, or just used his<br>
ingenuity to create something needed.<br>
<br>
<br>
He loved cigars, scotch, butter, reading, airplanes, old test equipment,<br>
Paris, BMWs, his red convertible Cabriolet with red earmuffs, and his big<br>
black 4 cylinder 4WD truck, bird watching (outwitting squirrels), camping,<br>
hiking on Pitcher Mountain, William Blake, and he suffered not fools. One<br>
of his favorite lead-ins: "As an engineer..."<br>
<br>
<br>
Bill is survived by his wife, Janet Levy Sconce, his sister-in-law, June<br>
Levy and her family, and many dear friends. Bill was a kind and loving<br>
"daddy" to Virgil Fox and RDB, the cats of his home. Thanks to "The<br>
Committee" and especially Donna Shea, Chris Levin, Ken Hamel, Donna<br>
Giovannini, Tom Steger, Michelle Donovan, Simon Hutchings, John & Cathy<br>
Gubernat and the surgeons, doctors, and nurses at Lahey Hospital. The<br>
family is grateful to all of his many friends who offered support and love.<br>
<br>
<br>
There will be a memorial for Bill on February 13, 11:00-2:00 at Nashua Jet<br>
Aviation located on Boire Field in Nashua, NH. Call Air Direct Airways,<br>
(603) 882-5606 for more information.<br>
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