Bill's partner, Margaret Vetare, also a musician, lost her father earlier this summer
https://www.theexaminernews.com/former-mt-kisco-mayor-ferd-vetare-dies-at-94/

https://www.mustrad.org.uk/obits/b_ochs.htm written by Margaret Vetare, who also wrote the obituary for Clarke's Whistles, according to Bill's cousin, Nancy Lyon. http://riggy.com/jews-in-irish-music-bill-ochs/