Williams, Sarah

Sarah Williams
April 6, 1873-Feb. 12, 1959


Niles Daily Star, Friday, February 13, 1959, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Sarah Williams, 85, of 1906 California Street, Elkhart, Ind., former Niles resident, died at 4:50 p.m. Thursday in Elkhart General Hospital following an illness of four days.

Mrs. Williams, a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, was born April 6, 1873, and came to Niles in 1914 from Marion, Ind. She moved to Elkhart to make her home in 1956.

Surviving are: her husband, Darius; two daughters, Mrs. Mary Johnson, of Elkhart, and Mrs. Iva Lanahan, in Nebraska; four sons, Russell, Wayne and Verlin M. Williams, all of Niles, and L.C. Williams, of Inglewoood, Calif.; a sister, Mrs. Grace Johnson, of Sweetser, Ind.; 20 grandchildren, and 37 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Sunday in the Kiger-Halbritter Funeral Home wtih Elder L.C. Caviness officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.  Friends may call at the funeral home.