William A. Geoffroy

March 1, 1925 - January 31, 2020

William A. Geoffroy, March 1, 1925 - January 31, 2020. Beloved husband of Jean and cherished father of Kathy (Terry) Meyer, David (Trisha) Geoffroy, Maggie (Doug) Doenges, Otto (Audrey) Geoffroy, Ph.D., and the late Barbara Geoffroy (December 22, 2019); grandchildren David (Jania) Meyer, Dustin (Robyn) Doenges, Kimberly (Josh) Moore, Pharm.D., Daniel (Sarah) Doenges, Rachel Geoffroy, Ph.D., Kathryn Geoffroy, J.D., Alex Geoffroy, Jim Geoffroy and Lydia “Darcy” Geoffroy; and great-grandchildren Chase Doenges, Akira Moore, David Doenges, Gus Doenges, Eliza Moore, Jackson Meyer, Cameron Meyer and future great grandchild due in April. Bill was the youngest of six children of Frank and Mary Geoffroy and grew up in Sterling, Illinois. He served in the Army from 1943-1945 in Eastern Europe. After serving, he headed to the University of Miami in Florida, majoring in Engineering. After graduation, he worked for Roper Corporation. Then, he went to California to work for North American Aviation. He left California to work in the east for Martin Company in Baltimore. It was there that he met his wife, who he married on February 10, 1955. He worked on the B-57 bomber, and he then moved to Denver, Colorado to work as a stress engineer on the Vanguard and Titan rockets. Their five children were all born in Denver. Martin also sent him to Lockheed, Georgia, to work on the C-5A Transport and to North American Aviation to work on the Mercury and Gemini programs. He moved his family to St. Louis in 1963 to work for McDonnell Corporation on the Apollo program, the F-15 program and F/A-18 development, and he retired from McDonnell Douglas Corporation in 1988. In retirement, they snowbirded from St. Louis to Apache Junction, Arizona for 25 years, enjoying the warm winters. Bill enjoyed pushing his grandchildren to further their education and excel in their careers, and would be sad to miss urging the great-grandchildren. A private service will be held on February 3 at Buchholz Valley of Flowers Mortuary. On-line guestbook at buchholzmortuary.com.