Maude (Lackey) Williams (1882-1940)

LACKEY, WILLIAMS, LARSON, DICKEY

Posted By: Dorian Myhre (email)
Date: 11/4/2024 at 12:45:37

From Nevada Evening Journal April 1, 1940 (page 3)

Many Attended Final Rites Sunday for Mrs. T. E. Williams

Central Presbyterian church was filled to capacity Sunday afternoon with sorrowing relatives and friends in attendance at the funeral services for the late Mrs. T. E. Williams, beloved Nevada woman, who passed away at her home 333 K avenue, Friday morning at 9:10 after an extended illness from leukemia.

Rev. Joseph M. Kennedy, pastor of the deceased, was in charge of the brief, but beautiful service which so fittingly honored the memory of one whose influence for good had touched many lives during her 31 years of residence in Nevada.

The floral offerings which banked the entire front of the church and the large number in attendance which included many from a distance, all bespoke the love and esteem in which the deceased was held by all who knew her. Mrs. F. W. Cowgill presided at the organ playing a number of well known hymns during the service. Pall bearers were F. E. Hansen, Dr. Bush Houston, J. K. Banks, Fred L. Younker, B. F. Ambrose and C. A. Batman.

Members of the recently organized Past Matron's club of the O. E. S. of which the deceased was honorary president, attended the service in a body.

Interment was in the Nevada cemetery where Rev. Kennedy presided at a brief committal service as the mortal remains of this much loved woman were tenderly laid to rest.

The following life story was read during the funeral services:
"Maude Lackey, with her twin brother, Claude, were the youngest in a family of five children born to William and Sarah Lackey. Her place of birth was the farm home in Timber Creek township in Marshall county, and the date of her birth was July 28, 1882. Her early life was spent in the family home where she also attended the local school.

"As a young woman she accepted a position as telephone operator at Linville where she worked for a short time then transferred to a similar position with the telephone company at Marshalltown.

"On September 3rd, 1907, Miss Lackey was married to Dr. T. E. Williams of Nevada. They made their home in Nevada where Dr. Williams had already established his dental practice. Dr. and Mrs. Williams have lived their entire married life in Nevada where both have taken an active interest in the home and community life.

"Mrs. Williams was an active member of the Eastern Star, having served in the various offices, and as matron of the order. She was also a member of the P.E.O., and of many other clubs of social and community interest.

"She together with her husband, became a member of Central Presbyterian church on April 19, 1914. This was during the pastorate of Rev. John G. Leitch with whom they have maintained a lasting friendship. Mrs. Williams was a devoted and faithful member of the church. She served as teacher in the Sunday school and as an officer in the Ladies' Aid and in the Missionary society and in many other ways gave useful service.

"During the months of her final illness she maintained her interest in, and her enthusiasm for, her church. Her faith and her trust were constant, a source of comfort to her and one of inspiration to others.

"Death came after a long illness that was first noted more than a year and a half ago. All that medical care could do was carried out that she might have a measure of comfort and every chance of alleviation from her illness.

"Her husband, Dr. T. E. Williams; her brother, John Lackey of Marshalltown, and her twin brother, Claude Lackey of Los Angeles, Cal., are the surviving members of her immediate family. Several niece and nephews and other near relatives, in whom she had great personal interest, also survive. She was cared for during her recent illness by two of these nieces, Mrs. Thelma Larson of Minneapolis, Minn., and Mrs. Fay Dickey of Nevada.

"As one who had in her life many gracious qualities, as one who had kindly and helpful interest in friends and neighbors, as one who gave the ready sympathy of a true friend, Mrs. Williams will be an abiding memory for those who have known and loved her."