Fraser, William K., passed peacefully in Winchester on October 18, 2022. Bill Fraser was a lifelong Arlington resident of 95 years. He was born on September 10, 1927, in Cambridge. He is predeceased by his mother, Sarah Fraser (1984), his father Edmund B. Fraser, (1985), his wives, Mary Sennott Fraser and Shirley Warner Fraser, his brother Edmund Fraser, Jr. and his sisters Barbara Ringer and Ruth Maclean. Bill also lost his beloved son, Bruce Fraser on April 13, 2021. Dad is survived by his son, William and his wife Judith of Lake Worth, FL, his daughter in law, Mary Fraser of Littleton, MA. Dad leaves his grandchildren, Alison Lichter, Michelle Larsen and her husband Tony, Dr. William Fraser, Rory Fraser, and Gannon Fraser. Dad loved all his family. He especially enjoyed visiting with his great grandchildren, Alexis Langley, Max Lichter, and Jack and Landon Larsen. Dad will be missed by all including a host of nieces and nephews along with their children.

Dad grew up in Arlington, graduating early from Arlington High School in 1945 to enter the U.S. Coast Guard till the end of World War 2. He came home and became a master carpenter building over 100 homes in Arlington and the surrounding communities. Dad was appointed to the Arlington Police Department as a police officer in 1953 and honorably served there for 33 years. Dad was a true adventurer. He was an accomplished private pilot and a seafaring skipper. He loved to fly and he was a true single handed sailor on his sailboat the Wild Rose. Towards the end of his life, Dad would often make the comment, “I did it all.“ That you did Dad, that you did.

Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend a Visitation in the Keefe Funeral Home, 5 Chestnut Street, ARLINGTON, on Friday, October 28th from 10am-11am. A Prayer Service and Military Honors will follow in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Arlington. In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105.