Viola Williams Frame
March 17, 1895-July 18, 1990
Niles Daily Star, Thursday, July 19, 1990, page 2, col. 4-5, microfilm Niles District Library
Funeral Services for former Buchanan resident, Viola Frame, 95, of Regency Place, South Bend, Ind., are at 10 a.m. Saturday at Swem Funeral Home of Buchanan by Rev. Charles Johnston.
Burial will follow at Silverbrook Cemetery in Niles.
Mrs. Frame died at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at Regency Place following a lengthy illness.
Mrs. Frame was born March 17, 1895, in New Troy and had been a lifelong resident of this area. She was a homemaker. She was a member of the Buchanan American Legion Auxiliary and a charter member of the Bertrand Township Fire Department Auxiliary. She was affiliated with the Methodist Church.
In 1911, in Galien, she married Isaac Williams, who preceded her in death in 1939, and in 1945, in Buchanan, she married Ray A. Frame, who preceded her in death in 1962. Four daughters, Loriene Williams, Dora Martin, Mabel Smith and Esther Illiff, and a son, Donald Williams, preceded her in death.
Survivors include three daughters, Hazel Williams of Niles, Frances Schultz of Plant City, Fl., and Silva Helfer of Fife Lake; a son, Franklin LeRoy Williams of Buchanan; 27 grandchildren; 43 great-grandchildren; and 24 great-great-grandchildren.
Friends may call from 4 to 9 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the American Legion Auxiliary of Buchanan.