More detail on this person: PRUITT, Bill (Age
84) Passed away Thursday, October 6th. He was
born July 17, 1932 to Doris Pruitt Ethridge in
Cumming, GA. He joined the United States Air
Force in 1952 and served our country as an
airplane and helicopter pilot for 20 years. He
married Dottie in 1956 and they were married for
56 years, until her death in 2012. During his Air
Force career, he and Dottie lived throughout the
US and Europe and started their family.
Bill was a proud patriot and a decorated Vietnam
War Veteran. He retired from the Air Force in 1972
in Rapid City, SD. At that time, Bill and Dottie
moved to Spokane, where they raised their two
children and he worked for the US Postal Service
for 20 years.
Bill was a devoted and loving husband, father,
grandfather and friend. He most loved time spent
with family and friends and his involvement with
Central Lutheran Church. He also greatly enjoyed
his annual trip to Kauai. He is preceded in death
by his wife, Dottie; and survived by his daughter
Ellen Fasano; his son, Brad Pruitt; and his four
grandchildren: Nicholas and Michael Fasano, and
William and Emma Pruitt. Funeral services will be
held at Central Lutheran Church, 512 South Bernard
Street, Spokane, WA on October 14th at 12:30
p.m. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests a
donation to the charity of your choice
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