WILLIAMS, Wanda Helen 1917-2007

WILLIAMS, DUNCAN, BLEDSOE, LARSON, MILES, NEPTUNE, MERRILL HOUDESHELL, ANDERSON, DELGODO

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 1/22/2011 at 12:36:10

Preceded in death by: a daughter, Golda Deke; and two brothers, Ernie Merrill and Ray Houdeshell.

CEDAR FALLS -- Wanda Helen Williams, 90, of Cedar Falls, died Monday, Oct. 29, at Western Home Communites of natural causes.

She was born Sept. 30, 1917, in Wichita, Kan., daughter of Clarence Henry and Violet Mae Duncan Bledsoe. She married Merlyn Larson on Jan. 24, 1937, in Des Moines. He died in November 1980. She then married Marvin Williams on Dec. 17, 1983. He died in November 1996.

Survivors include: a son, Larry (Karen) Larson of Florida; two daughters, Karla (Monte) Miles of Spring Hill, Fla., and JoDee (Ken) Neptune of Cedar Falls; 13 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild; four brothers, Rusty (Dot) Merrill of North Carolina, Bob (Charolette) Houdeshell of Utah, Virgil (Marcie) Houdeshell of Oregon and Skip Houdeshell of Iowa; and two sisters, Carol (Denny) Anderson of Arizona and LaVon Delgodo of California.

Preceded in death by: a daughter, Golda Deke; and two brothers, Ernie Merrill and Ray Houdeshell.

Services: 10:30 a.m. Friday at Parrott & Wood Chapel of Memories, an Overton Family Service, with burial in Garden of Memories. Public visitation from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday and for an hour before services Friday at the chapel.

Memorial fund: has been established.

[Waterloo Courier, October 31, 2007]