Obit: Williams, Anna (1907 – 1975)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Williams, Nelson, Beck, Gilchrist

---------Source: Owen Enterprise (Owen, Clark County, Wis.) 1 May 1975

Williams, Anna (9 JUL 1907 – 28 APR 1975)

Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the Kraut-Maurina Funeral Home in Owen for Mrs. Anna Williams, 67, of Plymouth, formerly of Withee (Clark Co., Wis.). She died at 2:45 p.m. Monday (28 Apr 1975) at St. Joseph's Hospital in Marshfield, where she was admitted April 7.

Officiating will be the Rev. Paul Nelson of Arpin, Evangelical Chaplain at St. Joseph's Hospital. Burial will follow in Nazareth Lutheran Church Cemetery at Withee.

The former Anna Beck was born July 9, 1907, in Denmark, and came to the United States on the Lusitania at the age of 1 1/2 years. She received her education in Withee and was married there May 2, 1942 to Waldo Williams. He died January 19, 1962.

After their marriage the couple moved to the Villa Park, Illinois area. She worked for Marshall Fields there as an office clerk from 1962-72., when she moved to Plymouth.

Survivors inclue a step-son, Bruce Williams, Schaumburg, Illinois; a step-daughter, Mrs. Lawrence (Wilda) Gilchrist, Hampton, Iowa; a sister, Miss Helen Beck, Plymouth; six brothers, James Beck, Milwaukee, Peter Beck, California, Chris Beck, Withee, Frederick Beck, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Hans Beck, Camp Douglas, and Alfred Beck, Racine; and four grandchildren.

 

 


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