A memorial service for William Joseph Bergman, 72, West Plains, Missouri, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, May 31, 2024, at First Christian Church, 422 W. Main St., West Plains, MO  65775.

Mr. Bergman passed away Thursday, May 16, 2024, at Ozarks Medical Center.

He was born September 18, 1951, at Litchfield, Illinois, to Joseph Bergman and Mary Lou Stogsdill Bergman.  On November 1, 2000, he was married at Hillsboro, Illinois, to Joyce Hooper.  Bill had an associate's degree in technology and maintained a career as a navigator for Mobile Oil Search in  Houston, Texas, where he traveled all over the world.  Also known as PaPa Bill, he loved telling stories about his adventures to his two grandsons.  He loved his family very much.

He is survived by his wife, Joyce Bergman, West Plains; one daughter, Leslie Hooper, West Plains; two grandchildren, Zeith and Zyler McKinney; his mother, Mary Lou Bergman, Hillsboro, Illinois; one brother, Jim Bergman and wife, Emma; two sisters, Luanne Stewart and husband, Greg and Jeanie Roth and husband, Doyle; and many nieces and nephews.

His father preceded him in death.

Arrangements under the direction of Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.