William S. Peckham, 78, an Aberdeen resident since 1987, died at Grays Harbor Community Hospital in Aberdeen, on Wednesday, April 3, 2013. He was born in Badminster, Penn. on August 2, 1934, the son of Cletus and Loretta B. (Long) Peckham. The family moved to California where he attended school. He joined the Marine Corps and served in the Korean Conflict.
Bill had been a long-haul truck driver for Safeway in the central valley of California. After coming to Aberdeen he had drove a chip truck for a year. Before retiring in 1989 he drove movie crew-van in Astoria on the making of “Ninja Turtles” and “Kindergarten Cop”.