William David Loughrin

February 26, 1936 - May 21, 2000

Senior

Bill Senior started Loughrin & Company CPAs in 1972 after working six years with a large CPA firm in downtown Seattle.

Starting in a small house in downtown Edmonds with one employee (Carolann Meyers) and the knowledge that accounting is a very personal relationship with clients, he built the firm with just that in mind.

On My 21, 2000, Bill died peacefully at his home in Richmond Beach, WA, surrounded by friends and family, after a courageous, two-year battle with lymphoma. 

He is survived by his two children: William D. Loughrin II and Kelly Lee Ann Loughrin; his two grandchildren, William D. Loughrin III and Brooke Loughrin; his wife Carolann Meyers, her three children, Douglas Meyers, Kimberly Meyring and Lori Ciez, her six grandchildren Scott, Dana, Mike, Mackenzie, Chris and Taylor; his children’s mother, Bobbi Loughrin; and his brother, Joseph Warner.

Raised in the tumultuous city of Butte, MT, Bill moved his family to the Pacific Northwest in 1962.  In the summer of 1972, he started his own accounting practice in Edmonds, WA and became a well-known and successful CPA.  From there he earned a reputation of integrity, creativity and humor among clients and other professionals.  In the last few weeks, many clients and other professionals paid tribute to Bill by writing letters thanking him for being a wonderful friend and teaching them the importance of treating people with respect in business and in life.  He was most proud of his family and their successes.  His son and daughter have carried on his reputation and continued on with the CPA firm he began 28 years ago.

Bill’s greatest gift and his strength in life were found in his sense of humor.  All throughout his two-year battle with cancer, friends and family were reminded that laughter was indeed the best medicine.  An example of his humor in life as well as in death is found when his mother died a few years ago.  During her eulogy, Bill recounted humorous stories of his mother’s life, reminding us all that his mother was loved by many and had a wonderful life.  As with his mother, Bill too was loved by many and had a wonderful life.

Being of Irish decent, Bill was a colorful and consummate storyteller.  He loved nothing better than to sit with family, friends, and clients and share his stories of life.  And if they would listen, he would treat them to the story telling music of country/western or Irish folklore.

Bill achieved one of his life’s greatest accomplishments by taking his mother, of age 82, to Ireland.  Bill often told the story of his mother getting off the plane in Ireland, with tears falling down her face, and all she could say was, “I’m home.”   Bill would end the story of how St Peter would surely have to let him into heaven now.

Remembrances may be given to Northwest Hospice and The American Cancer Society in memory of William D. Loughrin, or to the William D. Loughrin Memorial Scholarship Fund at Edmonds Community College.  

 We will miss you father.