Patricia Ann Williams, 68, of 508 School St., Winona Lake, died at 8:12 a.m. Jan. 29, 2011, in Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne.
She was born Aug. 10, 1942, in St. James, Minn., to Paul Delmar and Delores Katherine Stephens Simms. On Aug. 10, 1963, she married Ronald Eugene Williams, who survives.
A resident of Kosciusko County, she was a homemaker and a member of Believers Baptist Church, Warsaw. She received a bachelor's degree in elementary education from Sioux Falls University, S.D.
She will be lovingly remembered by her husband; six sons: Donald (and spouse Wenda) Williams, Warsaw; Daniel (and spouse Dawn) Williams, Lincoln, Ill.; Joel (and spouse Lori) Williams, Shelby, N.C.; Benjamin (and spouse Jeanne) Williams, Winona Lake; Seth (and spouse Cheryl) Williams, Lincoln, Ill.; Jesse (and spouse Mary Faith) Williams, Menomonee Falls, Wis.; two daughters: Heather (and spouse Bert) Craft, State of Oaxaca, Mexico, and Naomi (and spouse Shaphan) Kagin, Winona Lake; 37 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; a brother, Donald (and spouse Ruth) Simms, St. Louis, Mo.; and two sisters, Roberta (and spouse John) Wethern and Tammi (and spouse Larry) Wheeler,all of Portland, Ore. She was preceded in death by her parents, a son, two sisters and a granddaughter.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at First Baptist Church, 2819 Patterson Road, Warsaw, with the Rev. Michael Cowell officiating, assisted by Dr. Don Jasmin officiating. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery, Warsaw.
Calling is from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Redpath-Fruth Funeral Home, 225 Argonne Road, Warsaw.
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Memorials be made to the Hephzibah House, 508 School St., Winona Lake, IN 46590.
Condolences may be sent via www.redpathfruthfuneralhome.com
