Illness Fatal For Centralian
Mrs. Katherine Elizabeth Williams, 82, a resident of Centralia for 45 years, succumbed Saturday in a local nursing home. Her former home was at 220 South Rock street.
Mrs. Williams, born March 10, 1871, at Baldwin Mills, Wis., was a member of the St. Mary's Catholic church of Centralia.
Surviving the deceased are three daughters, Mrs. Camilla Hindman and Mrs. Verna Gay, Klamath Falls, Ore., and Mrs. Louese Wedel, Seattle; son, Lawrence Williams, Nebraska City, Neb.; five sisters, and a brother, all in Wisconsin; six grandchildren and severn great-grandchildren.
Rosary was to be said Monday at 8 p.m., at St. Mary's, with services to follow there Tuesday at 9 a.m., with Father John Duffy officiating. Interment, under direction of Newell-Hoerling's, will follow at Mountain View.
Source: The Daily Chronicle, Monday, 8 Mar 1954, p. 8.
Transcribed by Jenny Tenlen.