Marvin Vernal Williams was born in 1903 near Overbrook, Kansas, the oldest child of Joseph Edgar Williams and Bertha Leah Michael. Marvin was raised on a farm probably doing all the things that a typical farm boy would do and attending rural schools. I seem to recall him saying that he played football in the days of leather helmets. After high school, he attended Kansas State Agricultural College, in Manhattan. He also taught school for a short time. Born too late for World War I and too early for World War II, Marvin nevertheless served a between-wars hitch in the National Guard. He eventually went to work for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad as a shipment tracer clerk.
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Special thanks to Cheryl Brooks White, of Berryton, Kansas for providing a copy of this obituary from the Topeka Daily Capital, Thursday, Mar 5, 1964, p 15
Marvin V. Williams
Marvin V. Williams, 60, 1923 N. Polk, died of a heart attack Wednesday at his home. He was an employe [sic] of the Santa Fe Railway.
Born Nov, 28, 1903, near Overbrook, he had lived in Topeka for the past 38 years. He was in the Santa Fe's redball department.
Mr. Williams was a member of the Highland Crest Church of God, the Golden Rule Lodge No. 90 AF&AM, and a past associate guardian of Job's Daughters No. 58.
Survivors include his wife, Georgia, of the home; two sons, Larry, Santa Susana Calif., and Darrell, Riverside, Calif; three daughters, Mrs. Madeline Cottrell, Riverside, Calif.; Mrs. Jeanine DeShazer, 516 E. 36th, and Miss Darlene Williams of the home; his mother, Mrs. Bertha Williams, and a sister Miss Lucille Williams, both of Scranton, and 10 grandchildren.
Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday in the Parker Mortuary. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery.
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Special thanks to Cheryl Brooks White, of Berryton, Kansas for providing a copy of this obituary from the Topeka Daily Capital, Thursday, Mar 5, 1964, p 15
Marvin V. Williams
Marvin V. Williams, 60, 1923 N. Polk, died of a heart attack Wednesday at his home. He was an employe [sic] of the Santa Fe Railway.
Born Nov, 28, 1903, near Overbrook, he had lived in Topeka for the past 38 years. He was in the Santa Fe's redball department.
Mr. Williams was a member of the Highland Crest Church of God, the Golden Rule Lodge No. 90 AF&AM, and a past associate guardian of Job's Daughters No. 58.
Survivors include his wife, Georgia, of the home; two sons, Larry, Santa Susana Calif., and Darrell, Riverside, Calif; three daughters, Mrs. Madeline Cottrell, Riverside, Calif.; Mrs. Jeanine DeShazer, 516 E. 36th, and Miss Darlene Williams of the home; his mother, Mrs. Bertha Williams, and a sister Miss Lucille Williams, both of Scranton, and 10 grandchildren.
Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday in the Parker Mortuary. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery.
Marvin Vernal Williams was born in 1903 near Overbrook, Kansas, the oldest child of Joseph Edgar Williams and Bertha Leah Michael. Marvin was raised on a farm probably doing all the things that a typical farm boy would do and attending rural schools. I seem to recall him saying that he played football in the days of leather helmets. After high school, he attended Kansas State Agricultural College, in Manhattan. He also taught school for a short time. Born too late for World War I and too early for World War II, Marvin nevertheless served a between-wars hitch in the National Guard. He eventually went to work for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad as a shipment tracer clerk.
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Special thanks to Cheryl Brooks White, of Berryton, Kansas for providing a copy of this obituary from the Topeka Daily Capital, Thursday, Mar 5, 1964, p 15
Marvin V. Williams
Marvin V. Williams, 60, 1923 N. Polk, died of a heart attack Wednesday at his home. He was an employe [sic] of the Santa Fe Railway.
Born Nov, 28, 1903, near Overbrook, he had lived in Topeka for the past 38 years. He was in the Santa Fe's redball department.
Mr. Williams was a member of the Highland Crest Church of God, the Golden Rule Lodge No. 90 AF&AM, and a past associate guardian of Job's Daughters No. 58.
Survivors include his wife, Georgia, of the home; two sons, Larry, Santa Susana Calif., and Darrell, Riverside, Calif; three daughters, Mrs. Madeline Cottrell, Riverside, Calif.; Mrs. Jeanine DeShazer, 516 E. 36th, and Miss Darlene Williams of the home; his mother, Mrs. Bertha Williams, and a sister Miss Lucille Williams, both of Scranton, and 10 grandchildren.
Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday in the Parker Mortuary. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery.
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Special thanks to Cheryl Brooks White, of Berryton, Kansas for providing a copy of this obituary from the Topeka Daily Capital, Thursday, Mar 5, 1964, p 15
Marvin V. Williams
Marvin V. Williams, 60, 1923 N. Polk, died of a heart attack Wednesday at his home. He was an employe [sic] of the Santa Fe Railway.
Born Nov, 28, 1903, near Overbrook, he had lived in Topeka for the past 38 years. He was in the Santa Fe's redball department.
Mr. Williams was a member of the Highland Crest Church of God, the Golden Rule Lodge No. 90 AF&AM, and a past associate guardian of Job's Daughters No. 58.
Survivors include his wife, Georgia, of the home; two sons, Larry, Santa Susana Calif., and Darrell, Riverside, Calif; three daughters, Mrs. Madeline Cottrell, Riverside, Calif.; Mrs. Jeanine DeShazer, 516 E. 36th, and Miss Darlene Williams of the home; his mother, Mrs. Bertha Williams, and a sister Miss Lucille Williams, both of Scranton, and 10 grandchildren.
Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday in the Parker Mortuary. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery.
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