William (Bill) Dale Augspurger passed away in Cincinnati, Ohio on January 15, 2024, at the age of 81.

Bill was born on October 14, 1942, in Galesburg, Illinois to Glen and Dorothy Augspurger, but spent the bulk of his childhood in Peoria. At Peoria High School, he played golf in the Illinois state tournament, and after graduating in 1960, he attended Wabash College in Crawfordsville. When he left Wabash in 1964, he had a Bachelor's Degree and the nickname 'Aug', which he carried with him the rest of his life. He followed Wabash with a Master's Degree in Rhetoric from the University of Indiana at Bloomington.

In 1965, he married Phyllis Ann Brink, and they remained devoted to each other until Phyllis passed away in 2020. In their twenties, they lived in a series of midwestern towns as Bill took on different roles with Corning Glass. Bill and Phyllis made lifelong friends in Wellsboro, PA, and Greenville, OH, before settling in Cincinnati in 1979, where Bill worked for a decade at Welco Industries in Blue Ash. In Cincinnati, they raised three children. At his mid-career, Bill branched out on his own and founded the personnel consulting firm Tetra, which he operated until his retirement in his seventies.

Bill was a beloved husband, father, grandfather, and friend. He loved to have a Scotch with family, friends, and his dogs, most of whom were slobbery St. Bernards. His love of kidding and his bushy mustache made him a favorite with his five grandchildren, even if they did not always know what to make of his gruff sense of humor. He made friends easily and held onto them for life: until they could no longer easily travel, he and Phyllis regularly took trips to see friends from high school, college, and his Corning days. He loved to play golf his whole life; for his regular partners, he was frustratingly good with a wedge, despite having been born with a condition that gave him sight in only one eye.

He tended to develop particularly strong connections to the places and institutions with which he interacted. He was a lifelong supporter of Wabash, and a generous advocate for People Working Cooperatively (PWC), a Cincinnati non-profit, which was initially one of his clients, but grew to be much more than that. He and Phyllis began vacationing in Elk Rapids, Michigan, when their kids were still at home; they later bought a home and boat on Elk Lake. For the family, it is hard to think of Bill and Phyllis without seeing them sitting on their back porch overlooking the lake.

Bill was preceded in death by Phyllis, as well as his mother and father. He is survived by his three children, Jon (Erin), Mike (Jane Simonsen), and Susan Wordeman (John), and five grandchildren (Grace, Sam, Solon, Toby, and Nat), as well as friends and members of Phyllis' family.

In lieu of flowers, please consider a contribution to People Working Cooperatively (PWC)

https://pwchomerepairs.givecloud.co/fundraising/forms/8NDR96EK .  Please notify PWC that the donation is in Bill's name, so that the family can thank you.

A Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, January 27 at 2 PM in the Tufts Schildmeyer Funeral Home, 129 N. Riverside Ave., Loveland.  A Celebration of Life will follow at O'Bannon Creek Golf Club.