Bill Padley a great guy
I first met Bill in 1961 in Fort St. John BC and soon thereafter joined him in a band "The Volcanoes" which eventually morphed into "The Dynamics" with fellow band mates Bjarne Larsen, Jeff Mahaffey and Larry Stefanyk. A few years later we formed another group "The Inn Crowd" with Jim Stenhouse and Laine Dahlen.
I lost touch with Bill for many years and re-connected in Penticton in 1992. We kept in touch over the years and in 2006 gathered up a group of old band mates for the "Notre Dame High School re-union in Dawson Creek where the re-union committee referred to us as "Still A Live Band" with fellow members Jim Stenhouse, Laine Dahlen, Merv Bowman and Ray Jeanotte. This was an absolute hoot as I hadn't seen some of these guys in 35 years.
In recent years, I often dropped in at Bill's work place "Penticton Honda" to catch up, tell old war stories and have a few laughs.
Bill was a good buddy and I will miss him greatly. My sincerest condolences to his family