CHERRY HILL, New Jersey (GBT) — William Nathaniel "Bill" Ivers, passed away on March 22, 2022, at the age of 85, and was laid to rest today after a memorial service at St. Andrew’s United Methodist Church, Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Bill was a long time member of the First Friday Genealogy group that has inspired my research since I first joined all the way back in 2008. Bill was always the most thorough and the most organized among us. When it came his turn to share at each of our monthly roundtables, I always looked forward to something thoughtful.
Bill often brought examples of his inspirational genealogy binders. Whenever I saw one, I always thought, “You know, this is really what I ought to be doing.” Sometimes Bill brought printouts for the group that challenged us to think more deeply about things most of us take for granted. "What's in a name?" was the title of one of his papers, which had us consider the nearly-lost cultural histories of call names, dit names, and patronymics. Another of Bill's printouts had us comparing calendars across time and culture, such as when England switched to from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar in September of 1752.
Bill always encouraged us to keep telling stories and he told us many, of his life in the Navy and of his trips to Norway, and of his Norwegian ancestors. A great personal inspiration to me as a genealogist, and a prolific contributor to the genealogy group that I’ve loved for so many years, Bill Ivers has died last month at the age of 85. My thoughts and condolences go out to his family.
Read Bill's full online obituary at the Schetter Funeral Home web site.
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