Manhattan, Kansas
July 27, 2004
Francis Charles William, 83, of St. George, died Sunday, July 25, at Mercy Regional Health Center.
He was born March 19, 1921, in Portis, the son of George Walter and Sadie Pauline (Scott) William, and had been a St. George resident since 1930.
Mr. William had owned Golden Rule Creamery with his wife Dorothy and had been a milkman for John's Creamery. He retired from Kansas State University in the mail department.
He was very active in and was a charter member of the Black Jack American Legion Post 260 in St. George, and he was very active in the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1786 in Manhattan.
His family said he loved to bowl and was the secretary of the Wednesday Evening Fraternal League for many years. He also bowled in the Sunday Evening Mixed League.
He married Dorothy A. Zigler in December of 1946. She preceded him in death on March 17, 1998. He was also preceded in death by four brothers, Edgar, Ray, Gerald and Willard.
Survivors include four children, Mary Grunz and husband Allen of St. George, Judy Duncan and husband Don of Auburn, Maine, Donald William and wife Jenni of Austin, Texas, and Dale William and wife Ileen of St. Pete, Fla.; eight brothers and sisters, Pauline Dinger of Oskaloosa, Lena Harms of Seattle, Wash., Warren William of Ft. Collins, Colo., Grace Prescott of Boise, Idaho, Roger William of St. George, Betty Mallon of Manhattan, Rose Mathieu of Burlington, Vt., and Lois Gerry of Topeka; seven grandchildren, Leona, Crystal, Kelly, Casey, Kendra, Jeremy and Randi Sue; and four great grandchildren, Storm, KirstAnna, Caden and Kyra.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the Yorgensen-Meloan-Londeen Funeral Chapel with Rev. David Beese officiating. Burial with full military honors will follow in Valley View Memorial Gardens Cemetery.
The family of Mr. William will receive friends from 7 until 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Yorgensen-Meloan-Londeen Funeral Home. Online condolences may be left for the family through our website at www.ymlfuneralhome.com. Memorial contributions may be made to Terry C. Johnson Center for Basic Cancer Research. Contributions may be left in care of the Yorgensen-Meloan-Londeen Funeral Home, 1616 Poyntz Avenue, Manhattan, 66502.
Manhattan, Kansas
July 27, 2004
Francis Charles William, 83, of St. George, died Sunday, July 25, at Mercy Regional Health Center.
He was born March 19, 1921, in Portis, the son of George Walter and Sadie Pauline (Scott) William, and had been a St. George resident since 1930.
Mr. William had owned Golden Rule Creamery with his wife Dorothy and had been a milkman for John's Creamery. He retired from Kansas State University in the mail department.
He was very active in and was a charter member of the Black Jack American Legion Post 260 in St. George, and he was very active in the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1786 in Manhattan.
His family said he loved to bowl and was the secretary of the Wednesday Evening Fraternal League for many years. He also bowled in the Sunday Evening Mixed League.
He married Dorothy A. Zigler in December of 1946. She preceded him in death on March 17, 1998. He was also preceded in death by four brothers, Edgar, Ray, Gerald and Willard.
Survivors include four children, Mary Grunz and husband Allen of St. George, Judy Duncan and husband Don of Auburn, Maine, Donald William and wife Jenni of Austin, Texas, and Dale William and wife Ileen of St. Pete, Fla.; eight brothers and sisters, Pauline Dinger of Oskaloosa, Lena Harms of Seattle, Wash., Warren William of Ft. Collins, Colo., Grace Prescott of Boise, Idaho, Roger William of St. George, Betty Mallon of Manhattan, Rose Mathieu of Burlington, Vt., and Lois Gerry of Topeka; seven grandchildren, Leona, Crystal, Kelly, Casey, Kendra, Jeremy and Randi Sue; and four great grandchildren, Storm, KirstAnna, Caden and Kyra.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the Yorgensen-Meloan-Londeen Funeral Chapel with Rev. David Beese officiating. Burial with full military honors will follow in Valley View Memorial Gardens Cemetery.
The family of Mr. William will receive friends from 7 until 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Yorgensen-Meloan-Londeen Funeral Home. Online condolences may be left for the family through our website at www.ymlfuneralhome.com. Memorial contributions may be made to Terry C. Johnson Center for Basic Cancer Research. Contributions may be left in care of the Yorgensen-Meloan-Londeen Funeral Home, 1616 Poyntz Avenue, Manhattan, 66502.
Family Members
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Edgar Lewis William
1917–1992
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Pauline Josephine William Dinger
1919–2013
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Lena Irene William Harms
1922–2015
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Raymond DA "Ray" William
1924–2003
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Gerald Leo William
1925–1927
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Willard Nye William
1928–1998
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Warren Wolfe William
1928–2015
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Christeenia Grace William Prescott
1930–2011
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Roger Gene William
1932–2016
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Betty Lou William Mallon
1934–2016
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