Will started dating Mary Loyce Voelkel of Nordheim the summer before attending TLC.

They were married on December 27, 1953, at St Paul Lutheran Church in Nordheim.

Mary followed Will to California to start their married life. They were blessed with four precious daughters: Patricia (Mark) Eagleston of Cypress, Texas, Sharon (Craig) Wagner of Thorn Hill, Tennessee, Brenda Sargent of San Marcos, Texas, and Kristine (Craig) Gabriel of Seguin, Texas. Will loved his girls!

Will’s accounting career had him working for several companies in Houston, but his most treasured jobs were overseas assignments: in Sao Paulo, Brazil for eleven years and three years in Panama City, Panama. Will and Mary retired to the family ranch adjacent to the Yorktown Country Club in 1998. They branded their cattle using the “CV” brand of Mary’s father and named the ranch Campo Verde in memory of time spent in Brazil and Panama. Will worked hard improving the ranch and thoroughly enjoyed his second career with his Red Brangus herd. In 2017 they retired again to senior independent living in Victoria.

Will volunteered his accounting skills and endless hours as treasurer to the American school “Graded” and the American interdenominational Fellowship Community Church both in Sao Paulo, and to the Lutheran Marriage Encounter Ministry in Houston. He was a staunch supporter of Texas Lutheran University (TLU). He was also a board member in the Pecan Valley Water District in DeWitt County, Will was baptized at the St Paul Lutheran Church in Yorktown and was an active church member throughout his 93 years of life. He loved to study the Bible and completed many years of Bible Study Fellowship (BSF).

Will is survived by his wife, Mary, of almost 70 years, his four daughters, eight grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents and sister, Ruth Sauermilch.