On December 26th, 2019, Bill’s loving wife Mary Lee died peacefully at Kaiser Hospital in Oakland. Mary Lee had been struggling with memory, vision, and mobility for several years, and was looking forward to her eventual death. You can read more about her at www.caringbridge.org/visit/maryleetrampleasure
Bill and Mary Lee spent much of the their married life without a car, but they did have this license plate on the Volkswagen bus they had for 10 or 15 years.
Bill Trampleasure was a man of many passions. Whether you knew him through peace, prayer, politics, poetry, or public, I think he found his best peace when working for the Post Office. Bill was a natural at delivering mail. He loved to walk, loved to meet people, and loved to be outdoors (our family story … Last day delivering mail
In 1979, Bill was arrested at a protest against Cruise Missiles at Lockheed in Sunnyvale, CA. This was Bill’s first arrest in a protest (although he was a lifelong protestor for peace and civil rights). His middle son, Lee, had been arrested the year before at Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant (near San Luis Obispo, … A letter to his son after being arrested at Lockheed in 1979
The Trampleasure family invites you to the first annual Bill Trampleasure Memorial Poetry reading: November 10, 2013, 2:45 – 4:15 Community Room, Main Branch Berkeley Public Library, 2090 Kitteredge St. Bring your own poem, read your favorite of Bill’s poems, or just listen… If you are a member of Facebook, you can see the event … First annual Bill Trampleasure Memorial Poetry Reading
The following are letters to the Berkeley Daily Gazette written by Bill in 1971, published in the “The open forum” section. (Information on Reverend Doug Smith’s Vietnam War Protest on Mt. Shasta can be found here.) From the Mountain Top (published August 20, 1971) Tuesday morning I watched the sunrise from the summit of Mt. … Two letters about hills and mountains
Bill’s “Uncle Ed” was an important part of his life. Following is a biography written by Dr. Homer Brugge, Ed’s good friend and doctor, with minor assistance from Bill.
Here is a video that captures much of the 11 November 2012 memorial service (the tape ended before we did, but most of the service is here). The initial and concluding poems are in Bill’s own voice, recorded around 2008.
Our community memorial service for Bill will be held on Sunday, December 2, at 1:30 PM, at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley. No RSVP is necessary, but if you are a member of Facebook, you can RSVP for the event here. View Larger Map
I have finally scanned Bill’s book in as a PDF. A few of the pages are missing (November 2012), but I hope to find them soon. Download it here.