I AM SORRY TO REPORT THAT BILL FREEMAN JR. DIED ON SUNDAY JUNE 14. BILL JOINED LOCAL 5 IN 1947. HE BEGAN HIS CAREER WITH WESTINGHOUSE AND WAS WORKING FOR EASTERN WHEN HE RETIRED RETIRED IN 1993. BILL SERVED AS LOCAL 5'S BUSINESS AGENT FOR 14 YEARS...FROM 1966 THRU 1980. MANY OF YOU REMEMBER BILL AS A GOOD UNION MAN WHO WORKED TIRELESSLY ON BEHALF OF LOCAL 5 MEMBERS.

HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE JOAN, HIS FOUR CHILDREN INCLUDING LOCAL 5 MEMBERS BILL AND MIKE FREEMAN, 14 GRANDCHILDREN AND 5 GREAT GRRANDCHILDREN. SERVICES FOR BILL WERE HELD IN NORTH CAROLINA WHICH WAS BILL'S HOME FOLLOWING HIS RETIREMENT. THERE MAY BE A MEMORIAL SERVICE LOCALLY AT A LATER DATE.

LOCAL 5 MEMBERS OFFER OUR SINCERE CONDOLANCES TO THE ENTIRE FREEMAN FAMILY.