Don M. Williams

WILLIAMS, BEBB, DAVIS, ROETTGER, MEIER, MADSEN, WOEPKING

Posted By: David L. Skipton (email)
Date: 12/28/2010 at 23:37:13

Source: The Columbus Gazette

Don M. Williams, 76, of Conesville, Iowa, died Monday, March 15, 2010 at his country home near Conesville, Iowa, surrounded by his family.

Funeral services will be Thursday, March 18, 2010 at 10:30 a.m. at the United Presbyterian Church in Columbus Junction. Rev. Faye Fedlam will officiate. Casket bearers will be Tim Roettger, Roger Meier, Jerry Madsen, James Woepking, Sam Smith and Tom DeVore. Burial will be in Cambrian Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Wednesday, March 17th, from 4:00-7:00 p.m. at the Stacy-Lewis Home for Funeral and Cremation Services. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the United Presbyterian Church, Iowa Hospice and the Conesville First Responders in Don’s name. Online condolences may be left to the Williams family at www.lewisfuneralhomes.com.

Donald Morris Williams was born August 4, 1933, in Cotter, Iowa, the son of Eben Morris and Frances Marie (Bebb) Williams. On December 26, 1953 Don was united in marriage to Donna Davis in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. He served 4 ½ years in the US Air Force from 1953-1957. Don farmed most of his life and was a member of the United Presbyterian Church in Columbus Junction. He was a skilled woodworker and enjoyed morning coffee with ‘the boys’, attending antique sales and especially spending time with his family.

Don will be dearly missed by his wife, Donna of rural Conesville; his children, Vicki Williams of Conesville, Becky Roettger and husband, Tim of O’Fallon, MO, Cindy Meier and husband, Roger of Sioux City, IA, Linda Madsen and husband, Jerry of Iowa City, IA and Cheryl Woepking and husband, James of Muscatine, IA; 12 grandchildren, Alexandra, Eric, Noah and Nicholas Roettger, Kelcie and Brooke Meier, Caleb Madsen and Derrick, Whitney, Emily, Nic and Donald Jace Woepking; and two sisters, Margaret Smith of Columbus Junction and Frances Curtis of Tempe, AZ.

Don was preceded in death by his parents; one son, Rick Williams and one sister Erma Jean.