MARION — Shirley A. Williams, 88, passed away July 6, 2017, at Peabody Retirement Community, North Manchester, in the care of the wonderful staff of Peabody’s Memory Support Unit.
Shirley was born July 7, 1928, in Goshen, to H. Donald and Jeannette Kostanzer Crisler. Shirley grew up in her family home on Spencer Avenue in Marion. She attended DePauw University, Greencastle, where she was an active member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority.
After graduating, Shirley worked for American Airlines as a flight attendant based out of Dallas, Texas, and then as the teen program director for the Marion YWCA.
Shirley married Malcolm J. Williams on March 9, 1952. Malcolm and Shirley lived in Swayzee. Malcolm and Shirley were active members of Meshingomesia Country Club, Marion. Frequent visitors of Lake Wawasee since the 1940s, Malcolm and Shirley purchased a lake home there in 1980 and retired to it in 1986.
Shirley loved spending time with her children, grandchildren and great-grandson. She took great pride in the beautiful flowers she grew each summer at the lake.
Shirley was preceded in death by infant son, Christopher; daughter, Leslie; and husband, Malcolm.
She is survived by a son Doug (Eileen); granddaughters, Ellie (Will) James and Megan Williams; and great-grandson, Malcolm James; as well as sisters, Donna (Walter) Forbes and Susan (Frank) Morton; and brother, H. Donald “Fritz” (Carolyn) Crisler.
Shirley will be buried in Marion in a private service.
Arrangements were entrusted to Raven-Choate Funeral Home, Marion.
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Memorials to the Alzheimer's Association, Greater Indiana Chapter, 50 East 91st St., Suite 100, Indianapolis, IN 46240; or the Wawasee Area Conservancy Foundation, 11586 N. Ind. 13, Syracuse, IN 46567.
