Vaundon W. Williams ,II,(1963-2020)

WILLIAMS

Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 4/30/2020 at 14:51:14

Memorial
Vaundon “Don” W. Williams II passed away suddenly on Tuesday April 28, 2020 after battling esophageal cancer. The family will be holding a private funeral mass with burial in Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery.

Vaundon Walter Williams II was born on September 15, 1963 to Vaundon and Marie Williams in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He graduated from Jefferson High School in 1982. Don went on to graduate from college in Glendale, California where he received his electrical degree. He started his career at Crown Electric and after many years moved back to Cedar Rapids. After returning to Cedar Rapids he became a Master Electrician with Acme Electric and proud member of IBEW local 405 electrician’s union. His hobbies included working around his house, landscaping, being an avid motorcycle enthusiast, collecting model cars, and he liked reading about his German heritage. He thoroughly enjoyed traveling with his mother to Germany in 2010.

Those left to honor Don’s memory are his sons Adam Vaundon Williams and Ryan Christopher Williams; his mother Marie Buhrman; a sister Theresa Rowland; 2 grandchildren Jackson and Whitley; nieces Kennedy and Mya; Nephews Daniel Schwartz and Matthew Stearns, step children Melissa and Nicholas Halbert, and his two dogs Helma and Elsa.

He was preceded in death by his father, a sister Christine Barber, step-fathers John Buhrman and Harry Fox, and his maternal and paternal grandparents.

Memorial donations may be directed to the American Cancer Society or JDRF.