The son of Taliesin and Emma Pagenhart Williams, Donald was born Sept. 20, 1906, at Rochester, Minn., where he attended school. When he was 20, he moved to Moscow and in 1927, he began working at the Moscow Post Office. He worked as a carrier for eight years and as a clerk for 3 1/2 years. On June 30, 1931 he married Edith Anna Tribble at Seattle. He worked as a carrier in Moscow for eight years and as a clerk for 31/2 years. He served for 14 1/2 years as assistant postmaster and then for two years as postmaster. He spent the last 11 years of his career as a rural mail carrier. He worked for the Moscow post office for a total of 39 years, retiring in 1965.
During World War II, he served in the U.S. Navy.
He was a member of the Methodist Church, American Legion and the Masonic Lodge and enjoyed fishing, hunting, rock collecting, visiting friends and working around his home. In recent years, he began traveling and had visited New Zealand, Australia, China and Africa.
Survivors include his wife of Moscow; a daughter, Lyndall Williams of Boise; two sons, David Williams of Redding, Calif., and Larry Williams of Post Falls, Idaho; a sister, Kathryn Rauschenberger of Batavia, Ill., seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
A sister, Ruth Passmore, and two brothers, Ed and Carl Williams, died previously.
During World War II, he served in the U.S. Navy.
He was a member of the Methodist Church, American Legion and the Masonic Lodge and enjoyed fishing, hunting, rock collecting, visiting friends and working around his home. In recent years, he began traveling and had visited New Zealand, Australia, China and Africa.
Survivors include his wife of Moscow; a daughter, Lyndall Williams of Boise; two sons, David Williams of Redding, Calif., and Larry Williams of Post Falls, Idaho; a sister, Kathryn Rauschenberger of Batavia, Ill., seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
A sister, Ruth Passmore, and two brothers, Ed and Carl Williams, died previously.
The son of Taliesin and Emma Pagenhart Williams, Donald was born Sept. 20, 1906, at Rochester, Minn., where he attended school. When he was 20, he moved to Moscow and in 1927, he began working at the Moscow Post Office. He worked as a carrier for eight years and as a clerk for 3 1/2 years. On June 30, 1931 he married Edith Anna Tribble at Seattle. He worked as a carrier in Moscow for eight years and as a clerk for 31/2 years. He served for 14 1/2 years as assistant postmaster and then for two years as postmaster. He spent the last 11 years of his career as a rural mail carrier. He worked for the Moscow post office for a total of 39 years, retiring in 1965.
During World War II, he served in the U.S. Navy.
He was a member of the Methodist Church, American Legion and the Masonic Lodge and enjoyed fishing, hunting, rock collecting, visiting friends and working around his home. In recent years, he began traveling and had visited New Zealand, Australia, China and Africa.
Survivors include his wife of Moscow; a daughter, Lyndall Williams of Boise; two sons, David Williams of Redding, Calif., and Larry Williams of Post Falls, Idaho; a sister, Kathryn Rauschenberger of Batavia, Ill., seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
A sister, Ruth Passmore, and two brothers, Ed and Carl Williams, died previously.
During World War II, he served in the U.S. Navy.
He was a member of the Methodist Church, American Legion and the Masonic Lodge and enjoyed fishing, hunting, rock collecting, visiting friends and working around his home. In recent years, he began traveling and had visited New Zealand, Australia, China and Africa.
Survivors include his wife of Moscow; a daughter, Lyndall Williams of Boise; two sons, David Williams of Redding, Calif., and Larry Williams of Post Falls, Idaho; a sister, Kathryn Rauschenberger of Batavia, Ill., seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
A sister, Ruth Passmore, and two brothers, Ed and Carl Williams, died previously.
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