Obit: Williams, Richard M. (1916 - 2003)

Contact: Linda Mertens
Email: mertens@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 


Surnames: Williams, Peche, Olson, Kubica


----Source – Helen Johnson’s Scrapbook


Richard Williams (21 Dec 1916 - 16 Aug 2003)

Richard M. Williams, 86, of Medford, died Saturday, Aug. 16, 2003, at the Clark County Health Care Center, Owen.

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Immanuel Ev. Lutheran Church in Medford. Burial will be in Medford Evergreen cemetery II, where graveside military rites will be held.

Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday at Hemer Funeral Home in Medford, and from 9 a.m. until time of services on Saturday at the church.

Richard was born Dec. 21, 1916, in the town of Hoard, Clark County. He was married to Bernadine G. Peche on June 2, 1942, in Stetsonville. She preceded him in death on Jan. 21, 1996.

He entered the U.S. Army in 1940, serving in five major battle campaigns as a technical sergeant in supply. He was discharged in 1945, then returned to Medford where he worked for Paulson Construction. He began Williams Construction in 1963 and also co-owned the Hardees restaurant in Medford with his son and daughter-in-law. He retired in 1980.

He is survived by two sons, Ron Williams and Allen (Mary) Williams, all of Medford; seven grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Mildred Olson of Abbotsford and Myrtle (Rudy) Kubica of Grayslake, Ill.
 

 

 


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