OBIT: Richard WILLIAMS, 2008, Confluence, Somerset County, PA

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WILLIAMS, Richard

Richard Williams, 91, Confluence, passed away Sept. 11, 2008, in Somerset 
Hospital. He was born Oct. 7, 1916, in Oakdale, Wales, U.K., but was raised in 
Glassport, where he graduated from Glassport Grammar School and Glassport High 
School. He is preceded in death by his father, Richard David Williams; mother, 
Janet (Bevans) Williams; wife of 67 years, Erma (Beattie) Williams; and eight 
siblings. Survived by a daughter, Jeanne W. Case and husband, Gordon, Los Gatos, 
Calif.; son, Richard D. Williams II and wife, Donna, Houston; grandchildren, 
Gordon T. Case Jr. and wife, Claudia; David E. Case and wife, Kanai; Richard D. 
Williams III; and Jennifer Williams; great-grandchildren, Daniel, Nicole, Leia 
and Kiana Case. Also survived by Elaine Tursi Williams, the mother of Richard D. 
Williams III and Jennifer Williams; and a sister, Janet Basch, Clairton. Richard 
was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. He served From 1941 to 1945 and 
attained the rank of tech sergeant. After his discharge in 1945 he worked in New 
York City as a packaging designer and ultimately opened his own graphic arts and 
advertising business in New Rochelle, N.Y. He retired in 1979. He was an 
accomplished singer and a fine artist. While living in Glassport he sang with a 
local Welsh men's choir directed by his uncle. They gave recitals in churches 
and halls throughout western Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio. He was a Member of 
the Elks and the American Legion. Richard loved his family and all his friends. 
He had a story or a song for all he met. He will be missed by all that had the 
privilege to have known him. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 p.m. Thursday, 
Sept. 18, at the Humbert Funeral Home, Confluence, where a service will follow 
immediately at 4 p.m. The Rev. Linda Dinger officiating. Interment in Mount 
Vernon Cemetery, McKeesport.

Daily American, September 13, 2008