Williams - Winifred Stanley
Source: Crawfordsville Journal Review, June 22, 1965
Mrs. Winifred Louisa Williams, 85, a former resident of Crawfordsville, died at 12:20 a.m. Tuesday at the Rudisill Nursing Home in Covington where she had been a resident for three years. She had been seriously ill since May. Mrs. Williams was the widow of Robert H. Williams, a Crawfordsville attorney. They were married in the city on Dec. 23, 1900. He preceded his wife in death in 1929. She had been active in civic and church work while the couple resided in Crawfordsville. Mrs. Williams had been a house mother at Butler University in Indianapolis for two years and later at Purdue University in West Lafayette for 15 years in the Marwood Co-op House. Born Jan. 9, 1880, near Fincastle, she was the daughter of Dr. Logan and Angela Fosher Stanley. She was preceded in death by two brothers and a sister, in addition to her husband. Survivors include a son, Ward Williams of Covington; three grandchildren, and a great-grandchild. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Hegg Funeral Home in Covington. Rev. Donald Ashley will officiate. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery in Crawfordsvile. Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. Wednesday. – jlr