Williams

Lois M. Williams, 91, of the village of North Oakland, passed away Saturday evening, Nov. 16, 2024, at Quality Life Services in Chicora.

Lois was born in Butler on April 24, 1933. She was the daughter of the late Edward Chris and Anna Margaret Benson Waltman.

She was a 1951 graduate of Butler Area High School. In her earlier years, she had been employed with The Boy Scouts of America. Lois retired from Magnetics in East Butler following 30 years of service.

On Aug. 22, 1953, she married Henry Thomas Williams Jr. He preceded her in death on Nov. 29, 1981. She was a member of St. Clare of Assisi Parish, St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church in North Oakland, and the St. Clare Parish Christian Mothers. Lois was a devoted homemaker and a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.

Surviving are two sons, Douglas E. Williams and his wife, Christine, and Henry T. Williams III and his wife, Kimberly, all of North Oakland; five grandchildren, Cole Williams and his wife, Candace, Ryan Williams and his wife, Suzetta, Courtney Williams, Alyssa Gargasz and her husband, Robert, and Trevor Williams and his wife, Kyra; eight great-grandchildren, Baylor and Weston Gargasz, John, Luke and Anna Williams, Remington Williams, and Kannon and Taya Williams; two sisters, Edna Barger and her husband, Nelson, of East Brady, and Thelma Foust of Cabot; a brother-in-law, Clarence “Sonny” Schiebel of Chicora; as well as a number of nieces, nephews and cousins.

In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by a sister, Ruth Schiebel; a brother-in-law, Dennis Foust; as well as a number of other brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law.

WILLIAMS — Friends of Lois M. Williams, who died Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024, will be received from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday at HILE FUNERAL HOME of Chicora, 339 Chicora Fenelton Road, Chicora.

A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church, North Oakland, with the Rev. Matt McClain, pastor of St. Clare of Assisi Parish, officiating.

Interment will be in St. Joseph Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be made to St. Clare Parish, 864 Chicora Road, Chicora, PA 16025.

Condolences may be sent by visiting www.hilefh.com.

Please sign the guest book at www.butlereagle.com.