Bill was well known across York as the head of family business FR Pulleyn, the popular garage that operated out of Wigginton and Haxby.
He passed away peacefully aged 97 on July 23 in Mulberry Court Care Home, York, where he lived with his wife of 74 years Nancy, 98.
Bill - whose full name was Foxton Ronald - leaves behind his widow as well as son Richard, five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. His daughter Barbara died in 2007.
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