Résumé

Architect, Marvin Stein and Associates, Architects, Seattle, WA, c. 1988-2007.

High School / College

Graduate, Borah High School, Boise, ID, c. 1964.

B.Arch., University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, 1971.

Relocation

William J. Simpson was born in Boise, ID, on 12/20/1945, and spent his childhood in that state. He attended undergraduate school at the University of Idado in Moscow, ID, graduating in 1971.

He relocated to the largest city of the Pacific Northwest, Seattle, WA, after college, and worked in various architectural offices between 1971 and 2007.

He passed away here following a long struggle with lung cancer, about a month shy of his 62nd birthday. (See "William H. Simpson, Architect," Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 11/25/2007, p. B5.)

Parents

His mother was Cora Blanch Carter (born 03/25/1917 in Nyssa, OR-d. 08/13/1981 in Boise, ID) and his father, Milton R. Simpson (born 04/28/1918-d. 08/09/2001 in Boise, ID). In 1950, he worked as a routeman for the Troy-Capital Company, a cleaning firm. (See Boise, Idaho, City Directory, 1950, p. 446) The 1940 US Census indicated that Cora worked as a receptionist before her marriage to Milton, that occurred c. 1943. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1940; Census Place: Intermountain, Ada, Idaho; Roll: m-t0627-00736; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 1-38, accessed 10/07/2021.)

Spouse

He wed Patricia Cathleen Darveau (born 07/28/1954) on 07/14/1989 in King County, WA. (See Source Citation Washington State Archives; Olympia, Washington; Washington Marriage Records, 1854-2013; Reference Number: kingcoarchmc890721_07589, accessed 10/07/2021.)

She spent at least some of her childhood in Atlantic, IA.

Biographical Notes

His nickname was "Flame," presumably because of his red hair.

SSN: 518-52-4336.

• Boise, ID (Architect's Birth)
  Boise, ID 83702

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