Billy Lee "Bill" Linafelter, age 61, of Clinton, passed away Monday, May 11, 2009 from injuries sustained in an early morning accident. Funeral Services will be 12 Noon Friday, May 15, 2009 at the Vansant-Mills Chapel, Clinton with burial in the Englewood Cemetery, Clinton. Family will recieve friends from 10:00 A.M. to 12 Noon at the chapel on Friday. Family suggests contributions to the Victory Christian Center or the Christian Motorcyclist Association and may be left at the funeral home. Fond memories may be left online at www.vansant-millsfuneralhome.com.

Bill served in the U. S. Air Force and later worked for MacDonald Douuglas where he enjoyed a very successful 28 year career as an aeronautical engineer, before retiring in 2005. Bill coninued his military service with the Air Force Reserves and had retired as a Captain in l993. He was a member of the Kids Club Ministry at Victory Christian Center and believed strongly in the message of the Christian Motorcyclist Association.

He was preceded in death by his father, Albert Linafelter and his daughter, Elizabeth Jean Linafelter.

He is survived by his wife, Deborah Guyton Linafelter; two daughters, Jennifer Hauschild and husband, Richard of Edwardsville, Illinois and Amy Moss and husband, Byran of Middleburg, Florida; four grandchildren, Benjamin, Blake, Mason and Kaylee; his mother, Norma Linafelter of South Sioux City,
Nebraska; and three brothers and five sisters, Charlotte Morton and husband, Jon of Mapleton, Iowa, Gary Linafelter and wife, Judy of Alhambra, Illinois, Vickie Deleccio and husband, Fernando of Fort Walton Beach, Florida, Jean Fay and husband, Doug of Sioux City, Iowa, Timothy Linafelter and wife, Cheryl of Waterbury, Nebraska, Kimberly Smith and husband, Wayne of Waxhaw, North Carolina, David Linafelter of Tucson, Arizona and Darlene Witzka and husband, Vernon of South Soiux City, Nebraska.