Jeanne I. Williams

WILLIAMS, JEANNE I.
Kalamazoo, MI Jeanne I. Williams passed away February 23, 2013, in Kalamazoo, Michigan after a year of declining health. Miss Williams was born on January 27, 1923 in Oskaloosa, Iowa, daughter of Harry W. and Laura Laney Williams. She celebrated her 90th birthday with family and friends just a month before her death. She moved to Kalamazoo in 1945. She attended Penn College in Oskaloosa and graduated from Western Michigan University in 1947. She was an Executive Secretary at The Upjohn Company from 1947 until early retirement in 1986. She was preceded in death by her parents in 1963 and 1968; three sisters G. Harriett Gear of Paw Paw in 1985, her husband Harold in 1988; Vera L. Williams of Kalamazoo in 1986; and Juanita M. Taylor of Kalamazoo in 1996, her husband Dr. Harold C. in 1970; her friend A. W. Schneider of Tucson, AZ in 2002. Surviving are her niece Linnea D. Taylor of Burlington, VT; grandniece Laura M. Gardner, her husband Ned and daughter Alyson of Morristown, N.J.; grandnephew Jamieson W. Gump, his wife Cheryl and children Brittany and Joshua of Alexandria, VA; grandnephew Dr. Brooks B. Gump and his wife Dr. Linda and children Amelia and Avery of Oswego, NY; niece Joann G. McMarray and her husband David of Otsego and children Cheryl and James; and nephew Howard Gear and his wife Carol of Las Vegas, NV. In accordance with her wishes cremation has taken place. There will be no services. On Wednesday, April 10, 2013 from 3:00 - 5:00 PM there will be a time of gathering for friends to meet the family at the Langeland Family Funeral Homes, Memorial Chapel, 622 S. Burdick Street. A private interment will be in Forest Cemetery, Oskaloosa, IA at a later date. The family wishes to thank the staff at Rose Arbor Hospice for their skilled and compassionate care during the final months of her life. In lieu of flowers, contributions in Jeanne's memory may be made to Rose Arbor Hospice, 5473 Croyden Ave., Kalamazoo, MI, 49009 or to a charity of your choice.