J. WILLIAM "BILL" PIERCE
April 1, 1923 ~ February 20, 2011
"Bill, the Accordion Man ~ Keep Smilin' Kid"
Bill Pierce, 87, of Vancouver, WA, passed away on Feb. 20, 2011 at SW WA Medical Center surrounded by family and friends. He was born in Douglas, ND and moved to Vancouver over 60 years ago.
Bill spent most of his working years playing and teaching piano, organ, and accordion up and down the west coast. In his later years, he had a small accordion repair/sales business and continued giving music lessons.
Bill leaves behind many nieces and nephews.
He was the last of his eight siblings to pass away.
A Celebration of Bill's Life will be held in July, to be announced.
Please sign Bill's guest book at: www.columbian.com/obits.
To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.
6 Entries
I MISSED TALKING WITH YOU. MISSED YOU.
randy WEICH
Friend
March 31, 2021
Dear Bill - I will always be so thankful for all our visits, our 11 yrs of lessons, and all the fun times at the Eagles for the Portland Accordion Club Meetings. You taught me so much about music, and musicianship, for which I will always be grateful. i will miss the stories about dakota, your family, your adventures with the accordians and American Music. You were such a great friend and advisor, and I will always remember all the fun talks we had. I will really miss you, and your jokes. I will cherish the Excelsiola and my meories of you. Looking forward to seeing you in a little while Bill. WIth Love from Elaine huber
Elaine Huber
May 6, 2011
bill, i will missed you. you were most friendly person. you could talk to anyone. you never meet someone you didn't know. bye good old friend.
randy weich
April 28, 2011
Bill was a long time family friend. He taught both my brothers to play accordian. Now one still plays guitar. I will miss you Bill. You were important to me.
nancy bachman
April 21, 2011
learning music in the 70s with bill,what
an adventure i can read music and still
own a keyboard i play all most everyday
and play drums the same even better.
I met bill from grandparents
john & chris Bellinger
Bellinger organ service. we are all
going to miss your music.
Brett Allferd
April 19, 2011
I was waiting for a nice afternoon that you would be sitting in your front yard ready to greet all passers-by. Had a great time with accordian lessons in 93-94, but went back to the piano. Accordian hurt my shoulders. When I watch the "Hoarders" on TV, I think of all the stuff you had, but it was very organized and you knew where everything was. You were truly a joy to know and I will miss visiting with you.
Carol Burris
April 10, 2011
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