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Rachel Williams

WILLIAMS, HUGHES, PARKER, ABBOT

Posted By: Volunteer (email)
Date: 9/21/2018 at 05:15:58

Columbus Gazette, January 3, 1935, page 8

About 65 years ago, a minister named Richard Hughes accompanied by Sarah his wife and nine children emigrated from Wales to assume the pastorate of a Welsh church in Minnesota. In a few years we find Mr. Hughes accepting a call from the Salem church in the Welsh settlement and eventually moving north to build and organize a new church one mile south of Cotter.

Occupying the seventh place in the long list of five sisters and four brothers, we find Rachel, who grew to womanhood on her father's farm south of Cotter. In the fullness of time she and W. Rowland Williams, a native of Wales and a minister's son, were united in holy wedlock.

Mr. Williams elected to follow in his father's footsteps and following a few years of preparation accepted a call from the Presbyterian church at Columbus Junction at which place he was ordained to the ministry.

Of this union three children were born: Rev. E. G. Williams, D. D. pastor of the Westminister church in Des Moines; Wendell, who is traveling abroad and Dr. Grace Williams physician in charge of the Student Health Department at the State University of Iowa.

Since the death of her husband 14 years ago, Mrs. Williams made her home at Cedar Falls and this year she invited her son and his family from Des Moines and daughter from Iowa City to join her in the celebration of Christmas. However, on the morning of the 28th of December in the midst of the merry making and surrounded by children and grandchildren and in 25 minutes passed away to the great beyond at the age of 73 years.

Funeral services were held at Cedar Falls and the body brought for interment in the Cambrian cemetery at which time a short service was conducted by Rev. W. H. Parker of Des Moines.

Remaining to mourn the loss of a dear one are one sister, Mrs. Sarah Abbot of Boone, Iowa; two sons, one daughter and four grandchildren.

Mrs. Williams had been especially endowed with diverse talents all of which were consecrated to the betterment and uplifting of humanity in the home community and church. Her family connections were very unique, being the daughter of a minister, the wife of a minister and finally becoming the mother of a minister.

She herself also had been signally honored by being elected to the eldership at her church at Cedar Falls.

Mrs. Williams was the embodiment of good cheer, crystalized by a deep religious conviction. Her life was radiant with the sunshine and her strong faith and optimism was highly contagious, and she came to the grace in full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in, in his season.


 

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