William J. \u201cBill\u201d Cahill JR \u2013 66 \u2013 of 43 Stephens Ave., Hornell, died unexpectedly Thursday morning (October 28, 2021) at his home.<\/p>\n
Born in Queens, NY on December 18, 1954, he was the son of William & Jessica (Parisi) Cahill.<\/p>\n
Bill grew up in Queens and attended high school in Far Rockaway, NY.\u00a0 He resided on Long Island for several years and had been employed as a \u201cCoin Grader\u201d for Numismatic Funding Company (NFC) of Long Island.\u00a0 He remained an avid coin collector throughout his lifetime.<\/p>\n
For about 8 years, Bill lived in Addison and was self-employed as a VCR repairman and also self-employed as a skilled woodworker.\u00a0 He has resided in Hornell for the past 23 years.<\/p>\n
Bill had been a member of the Living Waters Church of Hornell and also the Consuming Fire Church of Canaseraga and thoroughly enjoyed studying the Bible.\u00a0 He loved spending time in the kitchen and was an exceptional cook.\u00a0 Some of his \u201cspecialties\u201d included Eggplant Parmesan and Chicken Cordon Bleu.\u00a0 He also enjoyed taking long drives to Letchworth State Park with his family and drives in the countryside with his wife, Ruth.<\/p>\n
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sister, Carmella Cahill.<\/p>\n
He was married on April 3rd<\/sup>, 1982 to the former Ruth Apoian who survives.\u00a0 Also surviving are his children, William J. \u201cWill\u201d (Kim) Cahill III of Richmond, VA, Carol Jessica Rose Cahill of Hornell and Christopher Glen Patrick Cahill of Hornell; several nieces & nephews.<\/p>\n Bill had no grandchildren, but he had several \u201cGrandcats\u201d: (former) Booker, Peanut and Juju Rocco, Paulie and Zoe (surviving) along with a Grand-Pup named Buddy.\u00a0 \u00a0He used to love Buddy\u2019s dopey ears and the way Zoe\u2019s Big head didn\u2019t match her tiny body. \u00a0Not much of a cat lover, but in the end, the cuteness began to grow on him.<\/p>\n Daddy- Dad was a very funny, fun loving man. He was known by his family for being a fun loving jokester and spirited debates would often happen about who else had the Cahill sense of Humor – (Carol)<\/p>\n He loved big! His faith held Pastor Bill together at some of the most difficult times in his life and carried him throughout his last breath. He wanted the best for his family and cherished every moment. He will be greatly missed, but we look forward to the day we will see him again. Forever in our Hearts – His little Princess and Little Girl.<\/p>\n At Bill\u2019s request there will be no calling hours.\u00a0 A Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, November 20, 2021 at 2:00 PM at the Living Waters Church in Hornell with Pastor Philip Casterline officiating.<\/p>\n Funeral arrangements are in care of the Dagon Funeral Home, 38 Church St., Hornell, NY<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Bill\u2019s family request that in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in his name be made to St. Jude Children\u2019s Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place , Memphis, TN\u00a0 38105.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" William J. \u201cBill\u201d Cahill JR \u2013 66 \u2013 of 43 Stephens Ave., Hornell, died unexpectedly Thursday morning (October 28, 2021) at his home. Born in Queens, NY on December 18, 1954, he was the son of William & Jessica (Parisi) Cahill. Bill grew up in Queens and attended high school in Far Rockaway, NY.\u00a0 He […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5249,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obituaries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5240"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5270,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5240\/revisions\/5270"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}