SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY-  William G. La Fleur, Jr., 85 of Saratoga Springs, died June 17, 2023 at The Wesley Community.  Born in Albany, N.Y. on April 11, 1938, and raised in North Albany, he was the son of the late William G. La Fleur Sr. and Cornelia (Van Der Plas) La Fleur.  He was pre deceased by his sister, Joanne Mahar, of Apopka, Florida.  He is survived by his brother, David J. La Fleur Sr. and sister-in-law, Denise Day, of Menands, N.Y.

He is survived by three children. Robert La Fleur (Kristin) of Fort Lauderdale, Florida and Jennifer Christianson (Troy) of Faribault, Minnesota and their mother, Karen La Fleur of Orlando, Florida, and Steven La Fleur (Karen) of Feura Bush, New York. He is also survived by seven grandchildren, five great grandchildren, and six  nieces and nephews.

Bill was also blessed, over many years, with special friends:  John and Marie Natale, Paul and Patricia Guarnieri, Harry and Debbie MacAvoy and his long-time summer seatmates at the Saratoga Race Track: Mitchell Goronski, Jane Schneider and Ed and Kelly Lawless.

Bill was a graduate of Vincentian Institute in Albany, the State University of New York at Albany,  and held a Master's Degree in Political Science from the State University of New York's Graduate School of Public Affairs.  In 1968-1969, he attended Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs as a Mid-Career Government Fellow.

He served in the U. S. Marine Corps from 1956 to 1958.  Beginning in 1962, Bill began his thirty-three year career in human resource development with New York State government:  He was a Training Officer with the Department of Taxation and Finance, Assistant Director of Training in the Labor Department, Director of Manpower Staff Development and Training for the Transportation Department, and an Assistant Director of Program Planning and Development with the Governor's Office of Employee Relations.  He was a Past Chairman of the New York State Training Council.  After his retirement from State government in 1995, he was employed for over ten years at Shadow Products in Malta, New York.

Interment will be at the Gerald B. H. Solomon National Cemetery in Schuylerville, NY on Friday July 28, 2023 at 11 AM. A Celebration of  Life gathering will follow.