William H. Kehlenbeck ’75

On May 11, 2019, the Nassoons lost one of their sweetest first tenors and ’75 one of its most enthusiastic Tigers when Bill Kehlenbeck died peacefully in Worcester, Mass., after a courageous battle with melanoma. He was surrounded in love by his wife, Vickery Hall Kehlenbeck ’75, sons Alex and David, their spouses Kate and Ginny, and three grandchildren.

Bill graduated from Morris Hills High School in Rockaway, N.J., where he discovered a love for math, a desire to teach, and the joy of playing and singing in a rock band, with which he continued playing on weekends our freshman year. Bill’s life changed forever at Quadrangle Club, where he met and fell in love with Vickery Hall. They married right after graduation, and Bill then embarked on the second great love of his life, teaching math at Noble & Greenough School. Known as a teacher, coach, and advisor with high expectations, he showed the incredible power of an educator who invests in the lives of his students. Bill spent 44 years deeply committed to serving the Nobles community and was a fixture at just about every school event. He also coached youth summer baseball, and, along with Larry Walker ’70, played with a rock band. Singing and playing to the end, just three weeks before his death Bill found the strength to perform with his colleagues at Nobles one last time.

My goodness—same marriage, same job, same community, same friends, same love of music, baseball, math, and kids. What a lucky man! What a life!