Obit: Williams, Mathilda (1883
- 1964)
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Surnames: Williams, Olson,
Walkama, Kollath, Rankl
----Source: Tribune/Phonograph (Abbotsford, Clark
Co., Wis.) 27 Aug 1964
Williams, Mathilda (16 AUG 1883 - 21 AUG 1964)
Funeral services for Mrs. Mathilda Williams, 81, of rural Owen (Clark Co.,
Wis.) were held Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 25 at Peace Evangelical Lutheran church
at Dorchester. Burial was in the Curtiss Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery. The Rev.
Hugh Evans officiated.
Mrs. Williams died Friday morning, Aug. 21, 1964
at the home of her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Williams at
Milwaukee.
During the service Mrs. R. Kollath sang "Old Rugged Cross" and
"Beyond the Sunset," accompanied by Mrs. Jerome Rankl at the organ. Pallbearers
were A.M. Erickson, Carl Sheets, Elmer Voightlander, Art Thieme, Irving Goessl
and Allan Hawks.
Mrs. Williams was born Mathilda Olson in Norway on Aug.
16, 1883. In 1901 she came to the United States with her mother, sisters, and
brother. She was married to Ben Williams in 1905 at Dorchester, and the couple
lived on a farm about five miles northwest of Curtiss from 1906 to 1932, when
Mrs. Williams died. Mrs. Williams continued to live on the farm until 1941. From
that time until her death, she lived with her children and Owen and Milwaukee.
She was a member of Peace Evangelical Lutheran Church at Dorchester.
Survivors include six sons, Otto Williams, Buffalo, N.Y., Melvin, Peter and
Elmer Williams, Buffalo, N.Y.; one brother, Nels Olson of Milwaukee; 35
grandchildren and 51 great-grandchildren.
In addition to her husband,
Mrs. Williams was preceded in death by four brothers, one sister, and four
step-children.
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