Calvin C. WILLIAMS

WILLIAMS, MCGOWEN, WEIGAND

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 9/9/2010 at 22:47:40

August 26. 1915 -- May 9, 1982

Funeral services for Calvin C. Williams, 66, of Mona, who died Sunday, May 9 at St. Mary's Hospital, Rochester, Minn., were held Wednesday, May 12 at Mona Lutheran church with the Rev. Gaylord Grant officiating. Calvin C. Williams was born August 26, 1915 on a farm near Corwith [Iowa], the son of Chester and Ethel (McGowen) Williams. He attended country school near his home and Corwith high school. He had his own trucking business in Corwith for a number of years, and later moved to Waterloo where he worked at the John Deere plant for eight years. In 1950 he married Carol Weigand in Lombard, Ill. They moved to a farm near Corwith in 1952 where they were engaged in farming. In 1958 they moved to a farm near Mona. Mr. Williams was preceded in death by his father, Chester. He is survived by his wife, Carol; his mother, Ethel, Williams of Fort Dodge; four sons, Kenneth of Apple Valley, Minn., Kelly of Austin, Minn., Keith of St. Ansgar and Kevin of Wells, Minn.; one brother, Roland of Fort Dodge; six grandchildren, Michele, Kenneth, Shawn, Candice, Kimberly and Kyle; three daughters-in-law, Peggy, Carolyn and Barbara; nieces, nephews and many friends. Burial was in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Mona, with Rev. Grant in charge of the committal services.

May 13, 1982
St. Ansgar Enterprise- Iowa