WILLIAM "BILL" STEVEN MALCOM

WILLIAM "BILL" STEVEN MALCOM of Lewiston, ID died June 26, 2021 at the age of 72. In 1981, he worked as an apprentice mortician for his dad, Kermit Malcom, at their family funeral home, Malcom's Brower-Wann Funeral Home. In 1983, Bill, along with his brother and brother-in-law Marsh Harwick, purchased the funeral home. In 1997, he worked in Northern Ireland and Great Britain as a guest consultant for Service Corporation International. Bill earned his degree in funeral service from Mt. Hood Community College in Gresham, OR in 1985. He spent fourteen years with the school, having served as an instructor for the funeral service pro-gram and the last six years as program director. In the mid-90s, he became involved with the National Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team. In 2004, Bill retired from Mt. Hood to manage the funeral home, which he did until his retirement in 2012. A chair of the urban Forestry and Normal Hill Cemetery Advisory Commission from 2010-20, Bill served as vice president and president of the Idaho Funeral Service Association and spent several years on the National Funeral Directors Association training and retention committee.