Charles Joseph Williams

1911 - 1991  (80 years)

• Name	Charles Joseph Williams
  Birth	3 Jan 1911	Silver Lake, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Gender	Male
  Death	19 Nov 1991	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Burial	22 Nov 1991	Mount Calvary Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I7027	Rossville
  Last Modified	26 Jan 2021

  
  

  Father	Charles David Williams,   b. 26 Sep 1869, Woodstock, Champaign County, Ohio d. 10 Sep 1938, Silver Lake, Shawnee County, Kansas (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Ella Veronica (Ellen) Cunningham Williams,   b. 29 Mar 1881, Meriden, Jefferson County, Kansas d. 29 Jun 1944, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas (Age 63 years)
  Family ID	F8038	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Elizabeth Morrisey Williams
  Marriage	26 Nov 1936	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Children	1. Mary Kathleen Williams Ruebel,   b. 23 Oct 1937   2. Elizabeth V Williams Wunder
  Family ID	F2680	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Aug 2018

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 3 Jan 1911 - Silver Lake, Shawnee County, Kansas Burial - 22 Nov 1991 - Mount Calvary Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Williams, Charles Charles Joseph Williams Charles Joseph Williams, 80, Topeka, died Tuesday, Nov. 19, 1991, at a Topeka hospital. Mr. Williams and his father owned and operated the Silver Lake, Rossville, Delia and Valencia Telephone Co. many years. After the company was sold, he worked 37 years as sanitarian for the Shawnee County Health Department until he retired in 1975. He was an Army veteran of World War II. He was born Jan. 3, 1911, at Silver Lake, the son of Charles David and Ellen Veronica Cunningham Williams. He attended St. Benedict College at Atchison. Mr. Williams was a member of Most Pure Heart of Mary Catholic Church and Knights of Columbus Council No. 534. He was married to Mary Elizabeth Morrisey on Nov. 26, 1936, in Topeka. She survives. Other survivors include two daughters, Mary Kathleen Ruebel, Cedar Falls, Iowa, and Elizabeth V. Wunder, Topeka; seven grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 a.m. Friday in Most Pure Heart of Mary Catholic Church. Burial will be in Mount Calvary Cemetery. Mr. Williams will lie in state after 2 p.m. today at Brennan Funeral Home, where rosaries will be recited by Daughters of Isabella at 6 p.m., Knights of Columbus Council No. 534 at 6:30 p.m. and the parish at 7 p.m. today. Memorial contributions may be made to Most Pure Heart of Mary Catholic Church, 1800 S.W. Stone, 66604.