Obituary of Russell E WILLIAMS, Fayette County, Illinois

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RITES SET FOR FORMER FAYETTE BOARD MEMBER


  Russell E. Williams, 76, of rural Brownstown died at 10: 15 p.m.
Tuesday in Fayette County Hospital Vandalia, IL.

 Mr. Williams was born November 6, 1900, near Brownstown, the son
of Harvey and Margaret Williams.  He was a member of the First Christain
Church, Brownstown, and a former member of the Fayette County Board. 
He was Otego township road commissioner for 18 years.  He married
Pauline Brown, who died in 1936.  He married Neita Thompson in 1940.  
 Surviving are his wife; sons: Paul of Decatur; Bob of Streator; Jerry
of Longwood, Fla;  daughters Mrs. Edwin (Wilma) Tackett of Brownstown;
Mrs Burton (Mary) Billings of St. Louis, MO. Mrs Jack (Ruth) Schlicht of
Los Angles, California; brothers Guy of Ceder Rapids, Iowa; Harvey of
Brownstown;  sisters Mrs. Harry (Josephine) Denning of Brownstown; Mrs.
Otto (Kate) Roggasch of  Roseburg, Oregon; 21 grandchildren, and 14
great-grandchildren.

 Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday in Claggett funeral home,
Brownstown, with burial in Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Loogootee,
Illinois.  

 Memorial may be made to the First Christian Church, Brownstown or
the Intensive Care Unit, Fayette County Hospital, Vandalia, Illinois


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