Obituary

William H. “Bill Trott, 89, of Manchester, entered into rest Thursday, October 15, 2015 at St. Teresa Rehabilitation and Nursing Center after a period of failing health.
He was born in Manchester June 11, 1926 the son of Clarence and Mary (Hickey) Trott and was a lifelong resident of this city.
Bill served in the US Army during World War II and was deployed through England, France and Germany where he aided in the rescue of prisoners held at Dachau. He didn’t talk much about his experiences during the war but would say, with a solemn face when someone questioned whether the atrocities happened, “Tell them these atrocities happened, I was there. I will never understand how anyone could treat human beings that way.”
Bill loved Manchester and the beauty of New Hampshire. He was an avid electronics technician with the ability to fix anything. His entire life he loved automobiles and repairing them. He also repaired and installed televisions from the forties through the seventies where he made friends with many Manchester residents. He was employed by Motorola/RSL and won the prestigious Service Manager of the Year award from Motorola in Chicago. In the eighties he worked for Public Service Co. in their calibration laboratory, retiring in the early nineties.
Bill leaves his wife of 68 years, Joyce (Lefebvre) Trott of Manchester; two daughters, Jacquelyn Gallagher and her husband, James, of Hudson, NH and Stephanie Schehl and her husband, Steve, of Bedford, NH; two grandchildren, Samantha Schehl and Casey Schehl both of Bedford, NH; a sister, Doris Dubois of Manchester; nieces and nephews.
The family expresses their love, appreciation and gratitude to the skilled and caring staff of St. Teresa Rehabilitation and Nursing Center for their love and exemplary care shown to Bill over the past several months. Also we are grateful to Merrimack Home Health & Hospice staff and volunteers for their expert and loving care. Bill prayed for so many of his family and friends by lighting candles and offering special prayers at the Monastery of the Precious Blood in Manchester. As your thoughts bring you to your experiences and friendship with Bill, light a candle and remember him fondly. Psalm 119:105 “Thy word is a lump unto my feet, and light unto my path.”

A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on Monday, October 19, 2015 at St. Raphael Church, Walker St., Manchester. Burial followed in St. Joseph Cemetery, Bedford.
Memorial donations may be made to Home Health & Hospice, 7 Executive Park Dr., Merrimack, NH 03054 or the Monastery of the Precious Blood, 700 Bridge St., Manchester, NH 03104

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