Memorial

Phylis Lee Williams, age 84, passed away at Willow Gardens Care Center in Marion on Friday October 28, 2016.

Services will be held at 3:00pm on Saturday November 5, 2016 at Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories. Jim Coyle will officiate at the service. Burial will be in Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call at Cedar Memorial Park Funeral Home from 4:00pm to 7:00pm on Friday November, 4 2016. 

She is survived by her children, LuAnne (Chris) Breckner of Coralville, Carolyn (Rod) Hilleshiem of Marion and Randy Williams of Grundy Center; Grandchildren, Amanda, Carrie, Alexis and Zachary Burns, Dustin and Misty Blank, Wesley, Nicholas and Tyler Hilleshiem; many devoted nieces and nephews and 8 great grandchildren and one on the way.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Donald Williams, parents, her daughter, Donna Burns, grandson, Barton Burns; granddaughter, Megan Burns and Brothers Lloyd and Larry Holsinger.

Phylis was born August 27, 1932 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She was the daughter of Wayne and Maude Tippett Holsinger. She married Donald Williams on June 30, 1951 at the First Christian Church in Waterloo, Iowa in a double wedding ceremony with Richard and Emily (Dodge) Williams She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother and will be missed dearly by those closest to her. 

She loved God and family. She was also an accomplished musician, song-writer and poet with a love of life. She had a kind word for everyone she met. The world has lost a generous soul and God has gained a perfect angel. 

A memorial fund has been established in Phylis’s memory.