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- Reno Gazette-Journal
February 22, 2009
Long time Reno resident Bill Hamilton passed away February 13, 2009 in Corvallis, Oregon. He was 85.
Bill was born April 17,1923 in Craig, CO and moved to the Los Angeles area as a youngster. There he met and married Audrey Hascall. Audrey and Bill moved to the Reno area in 1954. Bill was active in the casino business starting out carrying change, advancing to table games and casino management and rising to one of the co-owners of the Silver Spur Casino in the 1960's. After retirement, Bill moved to Newport Oregon to nurture his love of the outdoors and to get in plenty of fishing and golfing, two of his favorite pastimes.
Bill is preceded in death by his mother, Ethel; brother, Buster; and his aunt and uncle, Lola and Doug. He is survived by his four children, John Hamilton (Theresa) of Minden NV; Robin Hamilton Jacobson of Newport, OR; Heather Hamilton of Port Orange, FL and Robert Hamilton (Lisa) of Portland, OR. He is also survived by four granddaughters and five great-grandchildren.
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