On July 26, 2022, William D. (Bill) Washburne Jr., 78 of Sweet Home was called home to be with his Lord and Savior.
He passed peacefully in his sleep.
Bill was born July 11, 1944, in Norman, Okla., to William (Don) Washburne Sr. and Rebecca Ford Washburne, at the Naval Air Station Hospital.
He was raised in Junction City on the family farm established in 1853 by his great-great-grandparents. He graduated from JCHS in 1962…