Bankruptcy Expert Bill Mapother PassesAway

Published June 26, 2006, 1:00 a.m. EDT

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Updated August 27, 2020, 2:11 a.m. EDT

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EVANSVILLE, Ind. - (06/26/06) William Mapother, thenationally renown expert on consumer bankruptcy and a colorfulpresence at credit union events for three decades, died last weekat Deaconess Hospital here. Mapother, 68, was en route to his homein Kentucky after an Alaskan cruise with his fiancĚ, familyand friends. The cause was complications due to pulmonary fibrosisand lung cancer. Mapother taught seminars for credit unions banksand other lenders and was the author of 13 books on bankruptcy andwas a regular columnist for Credit Union Magazine since 1985. Healso served as counsel for the Kentucky CU League and the WestVirginia CU League.

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