William (Bill) E. Weseloh ’54, a longtime Menlo Park resident, had warm feelings for the trombone, Dixieland jazz and Chevrolets (he owned 19 in a row.) He spent years on the city’s chamber of commerce and its historical society. Bill grew up in Escondido, California, the second of four boys. In the fourth grade, he discovered his interest in the trombone. A family story has it that Bill was about to leave home in Escondido to attend SCU. His parents, on their way out the door for a weekend getaway, told Bill that whatever he did while they were gone, he was NOT to buy a new trombone. No sooner had they gone than he left for San Diego to buy a new trombone to play in the Santa Clara Band. Once at SCU, Bill performed in bands and met his wife, Jeanne Kernan, while performing at Notre Dame in Belmont. They married in 1955 at the Church of the Nativity in Menlo Park and lived in the city for about 63 years. The two were members of St. Raymond Catholic Church for more than 50 years. Bill took pleasure bragging about his wife’s gardening, floral, and decorating skills. As a soldier in the U.S. Army, he played with the 179th Army band. He began his working career with the ratings company A.C. Nielsen. Next up was real estate, where he spent 52 years, first for Joe Beh of Atherton, then for Raymond Spinelli in Menlo Park—and in 1977 for himself at Weseloh and Young Real Estate on Menlo Avenue, a firm that also served his social life as a place to meet with coworkers, friends, and family. Bill’s family owned a beach house in Aptos and took annual summer trips to Tahoe. He liked to play dominoes and make his guests mai tais, the cocktail with which his family toasted him on his last night. He was 84 when he died May 1. Bill is survived by his wife, Jeanne; daughters Patty Mayer of San Mateo and Mary Whitfield of Chico, California; sons Chris of Menlo Park, Tom of McKinleyville, California, and Michael of Sunnyvale; and 12 grandchildren.