Marilyn WILLIAMS

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• Census: 1910, Living with parents in Clark, Dewey Co., Oklahoma
• Census: 1920, Living with parents in Clark, Dewey Co., Oklahoma
• Census: 1930, Living in Leedey, Dewey Co., Oklahoma
• Census: 1950, Living in Great Bend, Barton Co., Kansas

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James Henry Williams of Sterling, 88, died July 7, 1992, at a Sterling Nursing Home.

Graveside services will be held at 10a.m. Friday July 10, at Riverside Cemetery in Sterling with the Rev. Roger McGlaughlin officiating. Visitation will be Thursday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Tennant Funeral home. Contributions may be made to any charity of your choice.

Mr Williams was born to John and Lena Williams on Sept. 17, 1903, in Leedey, Okla. He worked as a trucker in Oklahoma before he entered the oil fields. He married Mabel Beatrice Prather on July 17, 1940, in Perry, Oklahoma. and came to Sterling in 1951. After he retired from the oil fields he worked for farmers the Sterling area.

He was a member of the Protestant faith.

He was preceded in death by his wife Mabel, two brothers and one grandaughter.
Survivors include four daughters, Bernadine Parr of Sterling, Carolyn Heckman of Ault, Marilyn Litzenberger of Scottsdale, Ariz. and Juanita Goodson of Palmetto,Fla.:one son Alton Williams of Palmetto, Fla.,two brothers:Ely Williams of Gentry, Ark. and Evert Williams of Kimball, Nebr.,and one sister Katie Irwin of House, New Mexico, and five grandchildren, six greatgrandchildren and two great great grandchildren.

James married Mabel Beatrice PRATHER on 17 Jul 1940. Mabel was born on 20 May 1909 in Morrison, Noble Co., Oklahoma; died on 27 Dec 1991 in Sterling, Logan Co., Colorado; was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Sterling, Logan Co., Colorado. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1950, Living with husband in Great Bend, Barton Co., Kansas

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Mabel Beatrice Williams, 82, of Sterling, died Friday, Dee. 27, 1991, at Devonshire Acres Nursing Home in Sterling. Mrs. Williams was born May 20, 1909, in Morrison, Okla. She was the daughter of William Martin and Clara Ann Ferguson Prather She grew up in Morrison and graduated from Morrison High School, She went to college in Edmond, Okla. then worked as a legal secretary. She married James H. Williams July 17, 1940, at Perry,Okla. The Williams came to the Sterling area in 1950, where he worked in the oil fields. She was an excellent seamstress, and loved to sew before losing her eyesight. Mrs. Williams was a member of the First Baptist Church. She is survived by her husband; by daughters Bernadine Parr of Sterling, Carolyn Heekntan of Fort Collins, Marilyn Litzeuberger of Scottsdale, Aria.; brothers Bob Prather of Sterling and Ralph Prather of Fort Morgan; one step- son and one step-daughter; five grandchildren, six great?grandchildren and two great-great-grand children. She was preceded in death by one grandchild, Visitation will be 10 am. to 7 p.m. Sunday and Monday at Tennant Funeral Home. Funeral service will be 2 p.m. Tuesday, Dec 31, at Tennant Funeral Home, with Rev, Roger McGlaughlin officiating. Burial will be at Riverside Cemetery. .
Contributions in memory Mrs. Williams can be made to the charity of the giver's choice, Tennant Funeral Home is in charge arrangements,