Born on March 5, 1930, in Salmon, Idaho, he was the first born of the five children of Asa Kenneth Call and Dorothy Stevens. There were three more boys, Calvin, David, and Loren, plus one sister, Margaret. His mother died when he was eight years old and his sister went to live with Aunt Erma Winston in Butte, Montana. The boys stayed with different friends and relatives until his father married Gladys Webb in 1939. They all moved to Shoup, Idaho, where his Dad worked for the Forest Service and the C. C. C. (Civilian Conservation Corps). Bill went to school in Shoup and one of his fond memories was that when recess was about to end, someone would knock the only ball into the river. So they all had to chase it until it could be retrieved and brought back. He was a good student and was allowed to skip a grade. When they lived at the mouth of Pine Creek, going to school or running errands was by the back trail and across the Shoup pack bridge. In the summer Bill and his friend Bob would mine and sell, probably dirt, to one of the mine owners around Shoup. Gladys and his Dad had a daughter, Janice. They moved to Salmon while his Dad was still working for the Forest Service. Later Bill's father was divorced from Gladys and married another woman, then divorced and married again. Bill was on his own by the time he was fourteen years old. He worked at many different jobs, and when I met him he was working for Lloyd Pyeatt and Standard Oil Company, driving truck and delivering fuel to the new Cobalt mine at Blackbird. He would drive over Williams Creek Summit when roads were passable and down the river and up Panther Creek in the winter. On February 14, 1951, Bill and I, Georgene Seaton, were married and four days later he was inducted into the Army. This was the beginning of the Korean War. We lived for about a year in Port Townsend, Washington and he was stationed at Fort Worden. He went to Leadership Training in Camp Roberts, California to become a Sergeant before going overseas to France. His outfit ran Landing Craft boats for the Army. Bill was discharged from the Army at Fort Collins, Colorado, after two years of service. Our first son, William Kim Call, was born on May 2, 1952 and was killed when he was twenty-three years old. Our second son, Lynn J. Call, was born on March 25, 1956 and is a professional Civil Engineer. One daughter, Ann Marie was born on June 7, 1963. She is presently a student at Idaho State University in Pocatello, Idaho. After leaving the Army, Bill worked as a car salesman, parts man, and later managed the Chevron Service Station, on Main and Terrace Streets, for Sam Weber. He bought Fred Rose's trucking permit #24 and the trucks. This permit gave authority to haul general commodities statewide. He later added heavy equipment and bulk cement to this. Trucking was Bill's life and, as they say, he had diesel in his veins; King of the Road. We bought the Raymond house on Shoup and Lillian streets from Bea Keirnes, but there wasn't enough room for the trucks. So we got land at Carmen and built a shop for them. We also bought the Carmen Store and Post Office in 1972, and I became Postmaster. Bill died on Ann's sixteenth birthday, from a rare blood disorder which clots the blood.
Written by: — Genie Seaton Call Quinn
Taken from: "Centennial History of Lemhi County" - Vol 2
Contributor: Karl D Heither (49693345)