- Date Of Birth: December 25, 1927
- Date Of Death: March 6, 2021
- State: Florida
Mary Ellen Williams, 93, went peacefully to be with our Lord and Savior on Saturday, March 6, 2021, in Boca Raton, FL surrounded by her adoring family.
She was born on December 25th, 1927 in Sewickley, PA to Frances Kiskaddon Woods and Robert Medill Woods.
After graduating from nursing school, she met the love of her life, a dashing young Resident at Presbyterian St Luke Hospital in Chicago, IL. She married John Irving Williams, MD on September 15, 1951. When John’s residency was completed, they moved to Ft. Lauderdale, FL in 1955.
During Mary Ellen’s 45 years in Ft.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 49 years, John Williams, her brothers Robert Medill Woods, Jr and Thomas Woods II, and her parents. She is survived by her five children: Barbara (Doug) Hill, Michael (Theresa) Williams, Julia (Tom) Buser, John (Jennie) Williams, David (Paige) Williams: fourteen grandchildren; Tyler and Graham (Alyson) Hill, Kirsten Hill Kesicki (Paul); Andrea Williams Hart (Alex), Michael (Stacy) Williams, Matthew (Christie) Williams; Lindsay Buser Albrecht (Chris), Emily Buser Weeks (Ryan), Griffin (Morgan) Buser; John Williams III, Jamie Williams Johnson (Jordan), Danielle Williams; Ryan and Logan Williams: twenty great-grandchildren; Aisley, Tyler and Warren Hill, Adelaide Ellen and Corinne Kesicki, Brady, Emery, Landry and Audrey Hart, Preston, Cameron, Amelia and Raelyn Williams, Jackson and Madison Albrecht, Caroline and Caden Weeks, Micah, Theodore and Lennon Johnson. She is also survived by her brother, Col. David McCann Woods, her sisters-in law; Barbara and Eileen Woods and Mary Williams Stephens; and her adored nieces and nephews.
Mary Ellen’s steadfast love, admirable resiliency, perpetual optimism and love for life will continue to inspire all who knew her.
