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Dottie, Wife of Trail Blazers Legend Bill Schonely, Passes Away at 92



Dottie, Wife of Trail Blazers Legend Bill Schonely, Passes Away at 92

by tron329

13 Comments

  1. huskar91

    I would hate to carry on long past my partner at the age of 92.

  2. Pdxduckman

    Aw man. What a tough year for the family. My condolences.

  3. DrAKundu

    Often happens among elder couples / love doves

  4. Dixon_Uranuss

    As a cable guy, I got to fix her TV one time. She seemed like one of the sweetest and classiest people I’ve ever met. The Shchonz was a lucky guy… 😢

  5. GoodMorningSpliff

    Same thing happen with my grandparents about a year ago. Both in 90s, First grandma went, then grandpa about a month later. Kinda an amazing thing if you ask me. Miss you Grandma and Grandpa!

  6. Let me tell you a cool story:

    In March of 2013, my friend moved to Phoenix. I decided to fly down there to help him unpack. It just so happened that the Blazers were in town, so we got some tickets.

    At halftime, I had to pee like a race horse so I jumped up and started heading towards the 🚻. As I’m heading up, Bill and Dottie Schonely are heading down. I didn’t know Dottie’s name at the time, so all I could muster was, “Bill?!” Dottie quipped, “I think he likes you.” I said, “I REALLY want to stay and talk about Blazers, but I am on a mission to the washroom. Urgent business.” Dottie replied, “Well, I should probably go too… we’ll join you! I’m Dottie btw.”

    And so both to and from the bathroom, Bill and I got to talk about Blazers. He answered my burning questions from the Jail Blazer era and fulfilled a childhood dream of mine to talk ball with a broadcasting legend.

    RIP both Bill and Dottie. Two absolute legends.

  7. WassabiReindeer

    Probably the longest Bill has ben apart from Dottie for a very long time. I’m sure he was happy to see her

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