Bill Gonce was born and raised in Anaheim, California. He went to Fairbanks and Haines Alaska right out of high school in 1972 to start career in carpentry. Spent 3 months with a buddy touring American Samoa, New Zealand, Australia, Philippines, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea and Japan in 1974. He married Carolyn Gooch in 1975, lived in Ketchikan and Juneau Alaska 1976-1992, raising 3 boys, Danny, Brett and Chad. They started their own company, Tee Harbor Const, in Juneau, 1979, and built upper end custom homes for the next 42 years in Juneau, and Central Oregon where they’ve now lived for the last 35 years. Bill got his pilot license in 2001, loves flying the backcountry, fly-fishing, hunting, camping, traveling, playing viola, pickleball and reading. He and Carolyn retired in 2021. They’ve traveled extensively to Denmark, Ecuador, Scotland, England, Spain, Bahamas, Caribbean, visited most of our National Parks, and enjoyed lengthy camping trips pulling trailer up the Alaska Hwy to BC, Alberta, Yukon, Alaska, and Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. He wrote his first book in 2015, ‘Building a Home with Confidence’ and now, in 2026, relates many exciting experiences over his years in ‘18 Lives and Counting’.