John F. Williams
Feb. 7, 1904-March 6, 1989
Niles Daily Star(Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Tuesday, March 7, 1989, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library
John F. Williams, 85, 509 Ship St., St. Joseph, died at 1:45 p.m. Monday, March 6, at Shoreham Terrace following an extended illness.
He served in the U.S. Navy and was a retired employee of Clark Equipment Co.,
He was born February 7, 1904 in Niles, and married Esther (Smallwood) Williams august 28, 1930 in Logansport, Ind. She died January 3, 1971. He married Wilma (Clayborn) Williams July 27, 1980 in St. Joseph. She survives.
Also surviving are: two sisters, Frieda Whetstone of Berrien Springs and Carried Dawson of South Bend; a stepdaughter, Mary Ann Gaddie of Olatha, Kansas; a stepson Robert Claybourne of St. Joseph; and two stepgrandchildren.
Services are 11 a.m. Thursday, March 9, at the Halbritter Funeral Home with Rev. Clayton D. Fairo of First Presbyterian Church. Burial will follow at Silverbrook Cemetery.
Friends may call Wednesday from 4 to 6 p.m. and from 7 to 8 p.m. at Halbritter Funeral Home.