Saratoga Springs - Bill Haller, 94, passed away on Tuesday, April 8th at Saratoga Hospital. He was born in Dexter, New York, and was a 1941 graduate of Albany State College where he was the President of the Men's Athletic Association and The Potter Club Fraternity. Bill began working as a Chemical Engineer in 1941 at General Electric in Schenectady and continued working there for nearly 30 years. He later worked for Roymal Coatings and Bradley Laboratories as an Industrial Coatings Sales Specialist. He married the late Shirley Eastman Haller of Deansboro, New York in 1943. Bill was an avid bowler into his 90's and participated in the Florida Senior Olympics in recent years. He enjoyed playing cards, watching baseball and basketball right into this spring. Bill wintered in Sebring, Florida and he spent many happy summer hours in Pillar Point, New York fishing for perch, northern pike and smallmouth bass in the waters of Chaumont Bay, Lake Ontario. He also enjoyed and excelled at croquet and horseshoes. Bill was a member of the Masonic Lodge in Dexter for over 50 years. After Shirley's death in 1967, he married the late Bette Russell Haller of Niskayuna and the late Dorothea Pettit Haller of Pillar Point. Bill is survived by he and Shirley's three children; Judy (Jim) Selock of The Villages, Florida, Wendy (Mike) Briggs of Scotia and Doug (Ann Boyle) Haller of Saratoga Springs. He is also survived by 7 grandchildren, Diane (Paul) Tully, Tom Briggs (Jami Underwood), Chris Haller, Jessie Selock, Matt Haller, Jim Briggs, Erin Finch and his great granddaughter Emily Tully. He is also survived by his stepdaughters; Anne Russell Nunnelly and Penny Pettit (Ebbrecht McCarty) Willoughby and their respective children, Megan and Alexander, and Mandie, John, Matt and Chrissey and great grandchildren. He left behind his special friend Norma Moore of Noblesville, Indiana and Sebring, Florida, and many nieces and nephews. The family wants to give a special thanks to Home of the Good Shepherd, in Saratoga Springs, where he lived for the last year. There will be no public calling hours. The family will have a private service at a later date. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Dexter Historical Society (PO Box 231, Dexter, NY, 13634) or the Dexter Masonic Lodge (114 West Kirby Street, Dexter, NY, 13634). Arrangements are under the direction of the William J. Burke & Sons/Bussing & Cunniff Funeral Homes of 628 North Broadway (584-5373). Online remembrances may be made at burkefuneralhome.com.