Iroquois-Kankakee-Putnam County IL Archives Obituaries.....Williams, James "Jim" M. August 5, 2006
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The Gilman Star (ILL) Star, thurs., Aug. 10, 2006
        Services To Be Held For JAMES M. WILLIAMS

A graveside Memorial service for JAMES M. "JIM" WILLIAMS, 71, of Thawville, 
Formerly of Kankakee, will be at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 26 at the 
Ridgeland Township Cemetery in Thawville.

Mr. Williams died at 6:15 p.m. on Saturday, August 5, 2006, at his home in 
Thawville.  He was born on July 9, 1935, in Athens, Alabama, to EDDIE L. & 
MINNIE POSEY WILLIAMS.

Survivors include his former wife & the mother of his children, NORMA JEAN 
VadeBonCouer; six daughters, SHELLY & JEFF SCOTT of North Haldeon, New Jersey, 
MELISSA & DAN ROGERS  of Loda, STACY MABIS of Magnolia, LeeAnne & DOUG 
SCHMIDT, JANAH ESHLEMAN of Thawville, & TERRI JESI0LOWSKI of Buckley; one son, 
DAVID & ALECIA WILLIAMS at Osage Beach, Missouri; six grandchildren; five 
sisters, LOUISE SIEVERS, KREMEL DUVALL, WANDA ROWELL of Watseka, HAZEL 
KEROUAC, & KAREN PELEHOWSKI of Kankakee; one brother, JOHN WILLIAMS of 
Sheldon; and 19 nieces and nephews.

Preceding him in death are his parents, one sister, LINDA DONEY and one 
brother, FLOYD ALLEN ROWELL.

Mr. Williams spent his youth in Fayetteville, Tennessee.  He was a veteran of 
the Navy, a Gunner's Mate 3rd class from 1954 to 1962 and seved on the 
destroyer USS Rowan.  He was employed for many years at Roper in Kankakee and 
retired from Nichols-Homeshield in Chatsworth in 1988 following a stroke.  He 
enjoyed the outdoors and helping others.

Memorials may be made to St. John's Lutheran School in Buckley.

Arrnagements were made by the Redenius Funeral Home in Gilman.


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