William C Stevenson

November 8, 1929 - December 1, 2017

Please run one time in the Asbury Park Press on Wednesday, Dec. 6th. Hoffman Funeral Home, 415 Broadway, Long Branch. 732-222-2454. William C. Stevenson, 88 of Middletown, NJ passed away peacefully at home on Friday, December 1, 2017. Born in Hackensack, NJ he was a lifelong resident of Middletown. He graduated from Middletown High School and Bucknell University. Bill was a proud combat veteran who was a 1st. Lieutenant in the US Air Force flying as a Radar Observer out of Misawa Japan during the Korean War. He was a member of the American Legion Post 338, Leonardo, NJ. He retired in the early 1990"s from Well Fargo Bank, Newark, NJ where he worked as an assistant vice president. Bill and Jackie traveled extensively. He was active in Middletown Politics in the Democratic Party. Bill loved working in his garden and also worked tirelessly if not stubbornly on the farm until recently. The farm they lived in was owned by the family since 1932, and was generously dedicated to the Green Acres Commission for preservation by Bill’s father: Dr George Stevenson. Bill lived there nearly continuously since the age of 4. He is survived by his wife Jacquelyn Applegate Stevenson, daughter, Teresa Ryan, step sons, Thomas Wesch and Edward Hanley, step daughters, Wendy Bingle, Candy Kaufman, Cindy Lee Hanley and his sister Amy Bond. Visitation and interment were private. Hoffman Funeral Home, Long Branch was entrusted with arrangements.