OBIT: Dock Houston WILLIAMS, 2007, formerly of Somerset County, PA

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WILLIAMS, Dock Houston

Dock Houston Williams, 67, Newark, Del., passed away peacefully after a 
courageous battle with prostate cancer July 17, 2007. Mr. Williams was born on 
Feb. 27, 1940, in Strongstown, to the late Haden and Beulah Williams. He is 
preceded in death by a sister, Janice Williams. He is survived by his wife of 40 
years and dance partner, K. Jean Williams, Newark; a son, Dirk H. Williams, 
Orlando, Fla.; a daughter, Danielle W. Holmes and her husband, Lance, Tulsa, 
Okla.; two brothers and their wives, John Williams and Shirl, Mechanicsburg, and 
Timothy Williams and Dar, Strongstown; two sisters and their husbands, Joan 
Gelormino and Mike, Patton, and Brenda Denzer and Karl, Belsano; mother-in-law, 
Kathryn Keidel, Berlin; and one beloved grandchild, Luke Holmes. He is a 1958 
graduate of Blacklick Township High School where he was named class 
valedictorian and a 1962 graduate of the Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He 
then served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Army at bases in California from 1962 to 
1965. Retiring from the Christina School District as a math educator in 1991, he 
taught at Glasgow and Christiana High Schools and was also a member of the 
adjunct faculty of the University of Delaware until the spring 2007. Since 1998, 
he had been a member of the Newark Lions Club where he also served as a past 
president and was active with District 22-D in various capacities. Dock was also 
a member of the First Presbyterian Church where he was a trustee and the 
Remembrance Garden Committee. He volunteered for AARP in tax preparation for 
approximately four years. He enjoyed travel with family and friends by air, sea 
and the V. W. camper. Friends and family may call from 7 to 9 p.m. on Friday at 
R. T. Foard and Jones Funeral Home, 122 West Main St., Newark, DE 19711. A 
service will be held 2 p.m. Saturday at the First Presbyterian Church, 292 West 
Main St., Newark. Burial will be private at the convenience of the family. 
Contributions may be made to the Newark Lions Club c/o funeral home. To send 
condolences visit www.rtfoard.com.

Daily American, July 19, 2007