William "Bill" Fundenberg, Jr.  50  passed away suddenly on March 2, 2003.  Bill was born in Beverly Hills, California, raised in San Marino and attended Huntington School.  He loved sailing and delivered newspapers to earn his first sailboat, a Snowbird called "Carrier Boy."  He graduated from South Pasadena/San Marino High School in 1950.  He made many friends, sang in the glee club and lettered in tennis.  He could still name all the U.S. Presidents in order.

Bill graduated from Stanford University in 1954.  He then fulfilled his ROTC military service as a First Lieutenant with the U.S. Army MP's.  He returned to Stanford Law School and graduated in 1958.  That summer he was very ill and survived a major operation that nearly took his life.

Upon his recovery, Bill started his practice of law.  Over the next thirty-five years he worked in Long Beach, Pasadena, San Bernardino, Costa Mesa, and Newport Beach.  He made his home in Balboa to keep on sailing, his first love.

Bill had been a member of the Newport Harbor Yacht Club since 1965.  He served on many race committees, was chairman of the L-16 fleet, and was chairman of the Protest Committee for many years.  He raced L-16s, "Windsong" and "Angel," an E-22, "Ole," and a Harbor 20, "Fun-D."  Bill loved to race sailboats.  He raced in Chicago, New Orleans, Long Island Sound, Lake Ontario, and Australia.  In 1974 Bill became the International L-16 Champion.  The only time Bill would not go racing was during college football season.  He rarely missed a Stanford home game.

Bill always loved kids.  He was the Youth Activities Chairman for well over a decade at the Newport Harbor Elks Lodge #1767.  Bill was a member of American Legion Post 291 as well as the American Legion Yacht Club.  He raced every summer on Monday nights there.

He is survived by his sisters, Eleanor deCarteret '46, Louise Fundenberg '53, Martha Fundenberg Nasser '53 and her husband Andrew.  Eleven nieces and nephews and fourteen great nieces and nephews will all miss their Uncle Bill, a quiet, gentle man with a great sense of humor.