Paul
Williams
Paul
V. Williams, 75, of Lincoln, died at 6:25 a.m. Friday, March 23,
2001, at his home.
Funeral
services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 28, at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader
Funeral Home in Lincoln, with the Rev. Henry Cox officiating.
Burial,
with military rites, will be in Zion Cemetery, Lincoln.
Visitation
will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 27, at the funeral home.
Williams
retired from Caterpillar Tractor Co. in East Peoria, where he was a
vehicle instructor.
He
served in the U.S. Army during World War II.
A
son of Lester Williams and Anna Gray Williams Tanksley, he was born
Feb. 14, 1926, in Mound City. He married Betty Loeffler on Sept, 18,
1953, in Lincoln. She survives.
Also
surviving are one son, Brian Williams of Kerrville, Texas; two
grandchildren, Alison and Dustin Williams, both of Kerrville, Texas,
and two stepgrandchildren, Danielle Edwards of Mount Zion and
Carissa Barnes of Wimberly, Texas; three half sisters, Wilma Koen,
Carolyn Terrell and Charlotte Bonner, all of Mound City; and several
nieces and nephews.
He
was preceded in death by his parents and two half brothers.
He
was a member of Middletown Methodist Church and Lincoln American
Legion.
He
was an avid fisherman.
Memorials
may be made to Hospice of Central Illinois.
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