Virginia L. Williams
April 17, 1931 – September 10, 2022
Virginia L. Williams, née Blayney, age 91, of Sun City Center, Fla., born on April 17, 1931, in East St. Louis, Ill., died on Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022, at Life Path Hospice in Sun City Center, Fla.
Virginia was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother. She graduated from East St. Louis Senior High School. Virginia was a retired government civil servant for the Defense Mapping Agency Aerospace Center (DMAAC). She was also a former member of the United Methodist Church of Sun City Center, Fla., a member of the Ainad Belles and a life member of the original Veterans of Foreign Wars in Fairview Heights, Ill. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jesse Olen Williams; her parents, John and Freda, née Roberts; her sister Grace and brother, Charles (Sunny) Blayney; and a daughter, Carol Deichmann, and stepson, Bruce Williams.
Virginia is survived by her children, Jerry Garcia of Cibolo, Texas, Gloria Daws of Sun City Center, Fla., Janet Hanley of Manassas, Va., Pamela Carter of Fairview Heights, Ill., Joni Meehan of Waterloo, Ill.; her step-children, Tim Williams of Swansea, Ill., Theresa Zappa of Belleville, Ill., Kim Johnson of Highland, Ill.; and 19 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
Memorial visitation will be held on Sunday, Sept. 25, from noon to 3 p.m. at Kassly Mortuary, Ltd., Fairview Heights, Ill.
A memorial service will be held on Monday, Sept. 26, at 10 a.m. at Kassly Mortuary, Ltd., Fairview Heights, Ill.
Interment will follow at Lake View Memorial Gardens and Funeral Home in Fairview Heights, Ill.
Virginia was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother. She graduated from East St. Louis Senior High School. Virginia was a retired government civil servant for the Defense Mapping Agency Aerospace Center (DMAAC). She was also a former member of the United Methodist Church of Sun City Center, Fla., a member of the Ainad Belles and a life member of the original Veterans of Foreign Wars in Fairview Heights, Ill. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jesse Olen Williams; her parents, John and Freda, née Roberts; her sister Grace and brother, Charles (Sunny) Blayney; and a daughter, Carol Deichmann, and stepson, Bruce Williams.
Virginia is survived by her children, Jerry Garcia of Cibolo, Texas, Gloria Daws of Sun City Center, Fla., Janet Hanley of Manassas, Va., Pamela Carter of Fairview Heights, Ill., Joni Meehan of Waterloo, Ill.; her step-children, Tim Williams of Swansea, Ill., Theresa Zappa of Belleville, Ill., Kim Johnson of Highland, Ill.; and 19 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
Memorial visitation will be held on Sunday, Sept. 25, from noon to 3 p.m. at Kassly Mortuary, Ltd., Fairview Heights, Ill.
A memorial service will be held on Monday, Sept. 26, at 10 a.m. at Kassly Mortuary, Ltd., Fairview Heights, Ill.
Interment will follow at Lake View Memorial Gardens and Funeral Home in Fairview Heights, Ill.