William Benjamin Prince
2008-05-20
Prince, Capt. Bill MADISON
Capt. Bill Prince, age 54, owner and operator of Nordic Diver Great Lakes Charters (www.nordicdiver.com), died unexpectedly of unknown causes while diving in Lake Wazee near Black River Falls on Tuesday, May 20, 2008.
Bill was born in Madison on Sept. 13, 1953, to Stacer Prince and Amy Shohet. He was a graduate of West High School where he played goalie on the varsity hockey team, built and raced motorcycles, and was an accomplished archer. He was involved in several local businesses in Madison and indulged in many outdoor activities but most of all, he loved boats and the water.
He tried life in Arizona where he lived for 10 years and while there founded Santa Fe Designs, a furniture manufacturing company. He returned to Madison in 1999 to follow his first love: boats and the water. He bought his first charter boat, the Nordic Diver, in 2001, based it in Milwaukee at Jerry's Dock, and began to live his dream to explore the Great Lakes in search of long-lost shipwrecks.
In 2007, he bought his second charter boat, the Molly V, which could travel to distant locations (Lake Huron, Lake Superior and Lake Michigan) for those who wanted these new adventures in diving with Bill. Bill and his soul mate, Jitka Hanakova, spent the summer of 2007 traveling with the Molly V taking divers to many known as well as newly found shipwrecks. In 2005, the program, "Deep Sea Detectives" on The History Channel, chartered Bill and the Nordic Diver to film an episode about the sunken Milwaukee Car Ferry. Bill arranged for Ken Wagner to be on board and in the water as a guide for cast members Richie Kohler (www.richiekoh-ler.com) and John Chatterton. Richie and John had plans to come back this year with Bill to film and explore the German World War I submarine UC-97 off of Chicago.
Bill took a huge pride in taking divers where they wanted to go and will be remembered by his great achievements such as the Carl D. Bradley and Aurania expeditions. Bill was employed by the Mullins Group in Madison and the family is grateful for their many considerations. He will be sorely missed by all who knew and loved him.
As Bill would say, "It's just another day in paradise."
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Capt. Bill Prince, age 54, owner and operator of Nordic Diver Great Lakes Charters (www.nordicdiver.com), died unexpectedly of unknown causes while diving in Lake Wazee near Black River Falls on Tuesday, May 20, 2008.
Bill was born in Madison on Sept. 13, 1953, to Stacer Prince and Amy Shohet. He was a graduate of West High School where he played goalie on the varsity hockey team, built and raced motorcycles, and was an accomplished archer. He was involved in several local businesses in Madison and indulged in many outdoor activities but most of all, he loved boats and the water.
He tried life in Arizona where he lived for 10 years and while there founded Santa Fe Designs, a furniture manufacturing company. He returned to Madison in 1999 to follow his first love: boats and the water. He bought his first charter boat, the Nordic Diver, in 2001, based it in Milwaukee at Jerry's Dock, and began to live his dream to explore the Great Lakes in search of long-lost shipwrecks.
In 2007, he bought his second charter boat, the Molly V, which could travel to distant locations (Lake Huron, Lake Superior and Lake Michigan) for those who wanted these new adventures in diving with Bill. Bill and his soul mate, Jitka Hanakova, spent the summer of 2007 traveling with the Molly V taking divers to many known as well as newly found shipwrecks. In 2005, the program, "Deep Sea Detectives" on The History Channel, chartered Bill and the Nordic Diver to film an episode about the sunken Milwaukee Car Ferry. Bill arranged for Ken Wagner to be on board and in the water as a guide for cast members Richie Kohler (www.richiekoh-ler.com) and John Chatterton. Richie and John had plans to come back this year with Bill to film and explore the German World War I submarine UC-97 off of Chicago.
Bill took a huge pride in taking divers where they wanted to go and will be remembered by his great achievements such as the Carl D. Bradley and Aurania expeditions. Bill was employed by the Mullins Group in Madison and the family is grateful for their many considerations. He will be sorely missed by all who knew and loved him.
As Bill would say, "It's just another day in paradise."
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/75554626/ Read the full obituary here
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/86626704/william-benjamin-prince Find the gravesite here