Bill Maybury of Fernley, Nevada passed away peacefully, surrounded by his much-loved family, on October 5, 2025 after a long struggle with cancer. He was 89 years old.
Bill was born in 1935 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to his parents William and Ortrude. Bill’s fondest childhood memories were living in South Bend, Indiana with his mother and step-father, George Becker.
Bill served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War, stationed stateside at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama, then went on to earn a Bachelor’s in Mathematics from Purdue University, Indiana and later, a Master’s in Mathematics from Pepperdine University in California. He worked as a computer programmer for more than 30 years, spending the majority of his career at Xerox where he helped to develop the graphical user interface used in the vast majority of computers today.
Bill married Ann Maybury, a fellow computer programmer, in 1962 and remained her loving husband for 63 years. They had three children together and Bill found his greatest joy in being a wonderful and supportive father. After their retirement, Bill and Ann traveled throughout the United States in their RV and then settled in Fernley. Bill took up writing as a hobby, publishing several books under the pen name Billy K. Baker. He considered his most important work to be Manhole in the Pacific, a WWII novel he had been researching and planning for several decades, which focuses on the critical role played by military support personnel during wartime.
Bill was a long-standing member of the Fernley Writers Group, where he enjoyed assisting other budding writers and receiving their critique and support in turn.
Bill was preceded in death by his parents and his oldest daughter, Marilyn. He is survived by his wife Ann, his children Michael and Megan, and his grandchildren Andrew, Ara, Robert, and Garrett.
Bill’s wish was not to have a funeral or memorial service, but the family is planning to share a private time of remembrance in the near future.
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