William “Bill” J. Frazier Jr. WG60, a devoted husband, father, grandfather, and friend, Bill died on January 27, 2018, at home, surrounded by his family. Humility, compassion, and love were values he upheld every day. Bill was born on December 1, 1932, and raised in Chicago, IL. A graduate of the Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, CT, Bill earned his bachelor of arts degree from Brown University in 1955; he was a member of the crew team and the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. After Brown, he served in the United States Navy on a destroyer based in Japan. In 1960, Bill earned his master’s of business administration at the Wharton School.
Bill met his wife, Jane, in Pittsburgh, PA; they moved to Darien in 1970 and raised their three children while Bill worked in finance for more than 20 years in New York City. He ended his career at Lummis & Co. in New Canaan, which gave him the pleasure of working with a talented and entertaining group of young colleagues.
Service to the community played a major role in Bill’s life. He gave tirelessly to others through many worthy causes; he led the RCIA program at St. John’s Parish, was Eucharistic Minister at Atria Darien for more than 20 years, was a referee for youth hockey until his retirement at age 82, and was captain of one of the senior men’s tennis teams at the Middlesex Club.
For years, Bill was a loyal supporter of the Stamford Symphony and Connecticut Grand Opera. He was an avid sportsman, participating in hockey, tennis, biking, and skiing. However, his greatest joy was spending time with his four grandsons.
Bill was preceded in death by his parents, William Jay Frazier and Dorothy Louise Conger, and his brother, Douglas Lee Frazier. He is survived by his wife, Jane Grathwohl Frazier, of Darien; his children, Susie Frazier Healey and her husband, Brendan, of Wilmette, IL; Ann Frazier Straub and her husband, Chris, of Rye, NY; and William Jay Frazier of Palm Beach Gardens, FL; four grandsons, Liam and Duncan Healey and Christopher and Nicholas Straub; and brother Roderick Marshall McNealy of Princeton, NJ.
