Bill Pollacek - Contra Costa Tax Collector
William "Bill" Pollacek
Bill Pollacek passed away peacefully on Friday, May 3, 2013, after a short illness. Bill was born in New York City on July 21, 1943. His father being a naval aviator, Bill was raised in Florida, San Diego and Japan. Finally settling in Campbell, Calif., Bill graduated from Campbell High in 1960.
Bill served two years in the U.S. Army. He attended San Jose State University where he received his bachelor’s degree in 1966 and earned his MBA from California State University, Fullerton in 1978.
Bill spent 30 years in the banking industry rising to executive credit administrator at Wells Fargo Bank and Bank of America. He served on the Martinez City Council from 1984 to 1988.
In 1996, Bill was elected city treasurer of Martinez, where he served until his election as Contra Costa County treasurer-tax collector in 1998. He served three terms until his retirement in 2011. Upon his retirement, he moved to Napa to be, as Bill would say, “closer to the grape.”
A tournament bridge player, Bill was a member of the American Contract Bridge League and is ranked a Silver Life Master. Bill had served on numerous boards of directors, including Kennedy-King Memorial College Scholarship Fund, Center for Human Development, Lincoln Child Center, and Music in the Vineyards and had just recently been appointed to the board of the Napa Valley Opera House.
Bill is survived by his wife, Nancy; his brother, Jim Pollacek; and sister, Jeanne Pollacek.
Services in Bill’s honor will take place in the Tulocay Chapel in Napa on Thursday, May 16, at 1 p.m. Interment will be private.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Napa Valley Opera House and Music in the Vineyards, Napa. Memories and words of sympathy may be shared with the family online at TulocayCemetery.org.
