William Nelson McNulty

William Nelson McNulty, age 73 of Taylor, WI passed away peacefully on Sunday, October 11, 2026.

William was born on December 23, 1952 to Mark and Anna Mae (Malone) McNulty at Waukesha Memorial Hospital. He grew up in Delafield and graduated from Kettle Moraine High school in 1970. After high school, William went onto study machine tool operations at the Waukesha County Technical Institute. He worked as a cook at Indian Spring for a year and worked at Hine Warner for a year cleaning machinery. In 1972, Bill, his parents, and his brother Gary moved north to Alma Center for one year and then finally to Taylor, Wisconsin where they all farmed together raising sheep.

Bill married Janice L. (Balson) VanDusen, July 25 1988. Janice and her daughters, Amanda and Cora moved to the Taylor area. In 1993, Bill and Janice bought a farm outside of Taylor on County Highway N. From 1994 until 2007, Bill worked at Ashley Furniture in Arcadia.

Bill loved farming, camping, fishing and everything about the country lifestyle. He also enjoyed spending time with family and friends, always making them smile.

He is preceded in death by his parents and brother; Gary, and sister in law; Robin.

He is survived by his wife Janice; daughters Amanda (Kevin) Reese and Cora (Derrick) Wortman; grandchildren Samantha Reese, Michaela (Alex) Nysven of Whitehall, Dakota (Robbey) Samples, Shiann (Alex) Engstrom, and Kevin Reese (Shaqueta Puckett) of Milton, Florida; great-grandchildren Ella, Emmett, and Quetzally of rural Taylor.

Cremation Society of Wisconsin, Altoona is assisting the family.