Bill Seeley* was orphaned in mid-childhood, but he and his younger brother were adopted by a landscape architect and his teacher wife living in the Honolulu neighborhood of Kuliouou. His parents were one of the sixteen original families to found the Church of the Holy Nativity. By 1959, ten years after breaking ground, all the primary structures on our campus had been erected. Bill remembers Friday night dances in the “Youth Center” (gym) with live bands.
As an early teen he delivered the Honolulu Star Bulletin to homes from Niu Valley to Kuliouou Valley. In the winter it was necessary to cover Niu Valley riding a horse named Salty. When he finished at Kalani High School, he began a 6-year hitch in the Navy where he was sent to electronics school and then on one tour in Viet Nam. Bill returned to Honolulu and started a taxi and tour company, outfitting a new car with meter, lights and radio. He also spent a year driving a tanker truck. Moving to California and relying on his electronics experience, Bill embarked on a 30-year career with AT&T in California. He started out wiring telephone equipment and rose into management, including a stint back in Michigan where he had been born.
His biggest challenge came when the city of San Francisco announced that the above-ground telephone lines along the proposed trolley lines had to come down immediately. With dozens of workers from around the country, Bill managed the relocation of all the lines over a long weekend.
Bill has four children. Kristy has a doctorate in nursing and works at the Stanford Medical Center in the Cardio Thoracic ICU. Debbie has a doctorate in physical therapy; she works in Beverly Hills and teaches at Pasadena City College. She is also a choreographer for the Rose Parade. Debbie and Kristy were members of the Blue Devils drum and bugle corps and competed nationally where Bill, after retiring, volunteered as a truck driver. Daughter Mindy began a career at Bank of America by making “cold calls” as a telemarketer. Over thirty years she rose to Senior Vice President. She is now a full-time mom who also operates a financial blog. Danny, his oldest child, has a daughter who has two kids, making Bill a great-grandfather!
Bill’s Senior Warden agenda includes facility improvement projects and a major celebration of HNC’s 75th anniversary in January 2024.
*Pictured here with Bob and Kim from
Kupuna Watch
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NEW YEAR, NEW DIRECTORY
Don't be left out!
In the coming weeks, we will be putting together the 2022 Church Directory and we want to update yourcontact information.
If you have changed your name, residential address, phone number or email address -- please let us know.
Likewise, if you have a listing preference -- again, please let us know.
Email: hncparish@gmail.com
or
Call 808 373-2131 (M-Th 9a-12p)
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Safety First!
At Holy Nativity School Chapel
Each week the children of Holy Nativity School participate in chapel time. During the pandemic, many of these chapels have been offered as video recordings to maintain safety. Here is one such video recording for this week, offered by Rev. Jenn, based on the Godly Play story of Jesus' Baptism. Enjoy!
We've finished up with our adult formation discussion of the book Saving Us
by Katharine Hayhoe.
Please let Rev. Jenn know if you would still like to read the book and she will be sure to make one available. ALSO, The recordings of our three speakers can be found here:
