IN LOVING MEMORY OF
James Francis
Williams Ii
November 13, 1937 – January 5, 2012
Obituary
James Francis Williams II, Mercer, passed away peacefully at his home at 8:15 a.m. on Thursday, January 5, 2012. He was 74.
Born in Sharon, PA on November 13, 1937 to Ruth A. McAfee Williams and James F. Williams, Jim grew up in Wheatland and graduated from Farrell High School with the class of 1955. He attended Clarion State Teacher's College, then served with the U.S. Navy for four years, travelling the world. He also attended Tampa (FL) University and Edinboro State College.
Jim worked as a coil-winder in the I-40 department of the former Sharon Transformer Department of the Westinghouse Electric Corporation for 19 years, where he also was shop steward for a number of years. He retired as a caseworker from the Mercer County Public Assistance office in Hermitage in 2000 after 19 years of service.
His love for sports stayed with him throughout his life. He coached Little League baseball and Senior Division in Tampa, Patagonia, and Mercer. Many of his teams captured league titles during his tenure. His 1985 King's Pharmacy (Mercer) team was the Mercer County Runner Up in the Tournament of Champions. He also coached junior high basketball at Mercer while his son Michael was the head coach of the Mustangs. He coached basketball for two decades in the Croatian Fraternal Union national tourneys for Farrell Lodge 126/Nest 190. Seven of his C.F.U. teams captured national titles, an amazing four in the same year as his two boys teams, one girls team, and a woman's team all captured titles.
He was the biggest and the loudest fan for his three boys during their youth, high school, and collegiate athletic careers. In recent years, Jim carried the same enthusiasm and dedication in watching his seven grandchildren participate in their athletics events in Mercer County as well as in the eastern portion of the state.
Jim loved sports, dancing, watching his Steelers, bluegrass music, fishing, playing the lottery, and gambling trips with his wife and friends. In June, his three sons and their wives sponsored a gambling trip to Salamanca, New York to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. More than 60 family members and friends were in attendance. He was also a member of Mercer County Trout Unlimited.
His wife the former Kathy Kudray whom he married in June 1960 in St. Ann's Church, Farrell survives at home, also surviving are his three sons: Michael P. and his wife Leah Ann (Rieg) Williams, and their children, Madeline and Isaac, West Middlesex; Jonathan Mark and his wife Jackie (Patchell) Williams, and their children, Katie, Emily, and Abby, Mechanicsburg; and James F. Williams III, West Middlesex, and his children Tristan and Taylor, and their mother Stacey (Matthews) Williams, Wheatland; and Bucky, his beloved Golden Retriever. Also, surviving are his sister Jane Tarczy and her husband Ken, Mercer, his brother John Williams and his wife Linda, Sharon, and a sister- and brother-in-law, Mary Lou and Donald Somich, Hermitage, along with many nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.
In addition to his parents, he was aldo preceded in death by his sister Peggy Leonetti on December 23, 2010.
'And you, my father, there on the sad height, Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray, Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light.' -from Dylan Thomas' Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night.
Calling hours: 12:00 until 3:00 P.M. Sunday (1-8-12) in the J. Bradley McGonigle Funeral Home and Crematory Inc. 1090 East State St. Sharon, and from 10:00 A.M. until the time of service Monday (1-9-12) in the Wheatland Farrell United Methodist Church, 75 Mercer Ave., Wheatland.
To view his obituary or to post a memorial tribute to his family, visit the web site www.McGonigleFuneralHomeandCrematory.com
Service: A Funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday (1-9-12) in the Wheatland Farrell United Methodist Church with Rev. Mark E. Goswick, Pastor officiating.
Interment: Haywood Cemetery, with full military honors rendered by the West Middlesex VFW Post 6233 and the Wheatland American Legion Post 432 Honor Guard.
Born in Sharon, PA on November 13, 1937 to Ruth A. McAfee Williams and James F. Williams, Jim grew up in Wheatland and graduated from Farrell High School with the class of 1955. He attended Clarion State Teacher's College, then served with the U.S. Navy for four years, travelling the world. He also attended Tampa (FL) University and Edinboro State College.
Jim worked as a coil-winder in the I-40 department of the former Sharon Transformer Department of the Westinghouse Electric Corporation for 19 years, where he also was shop steward for a number of years. He retired as a caseworker from the Mercer County Public Assistance office in Hermitage in 2000 after 19 years of service.
His love for sports stayed with him throughout his life. He coached Little League baseball and Senior Division in Tampa, Patagonia, and Mercer. Many of his teams captured league titles during his tenure. His 1985 King's Pharmacy (Mercer) team was the Mercer County Runner Up in the Tournament of Champions. He also coached junior high basketball at Mercer while his son Michael was the head coach of the Mustangs. He coached basketball for two decades in the Croatian Fraternal Union national tourneys for Farrell Lodge 126/Nest 190. Seven of his C.F.U. teams captured national titles, an amazing four in the same year as his two boys teams, one girls team, and a woman's team all captured titles.
He was the biggest and the loudest fan for his three boys during their youth, high school, and collegiate athletic careers. In recent years, Jim carried the same enthusiasm and dedication in watching his seven grandchildren participate in their athletics events in Mercer County as well as in the eastern portion of the state.
Jim loved sports, dancing, watching his Steelers, bluegrass music, fishing, playing the lottery, and gambling trips with his wife and friends. In June, his three sons and their wives sponsored a gambling trip to Salamanca, New York to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. More than 60 family members and friends were in attendance. He was also a member of Mercer County Trout Unlimited.
His wife the former Kathy Kudray whom he married in June 1960 in St. Ann's Church, Farrell survives at home, also surviving are his three sons: Michael P. and his wife Leah Ann (Rieg) Williams, and their children, Madeline and Isaac, West Middlesex; Jonathan Mark and his wife Jackie (Patchell) Williams, and their children, Katie, Emily, and Abby, Mechanicsburg; and James F. Williams III, West Middlesex, and his children Tristan and Taylor, and their mother Stacey (Matthews) Williams, Wheatland; and Bucky, his beloved Golden Retriever. Also, surviving are his sister Jane Tarczy and her husband Ken, Mercer, his brother John Williams and his wife Linda, Sharon, and a sister- and brother-in-law, Mary Lou and Donald Somich, Hermitage, along with many nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.
In addition to his parents, he was aldo preceded in death by his sister Peggy Leonetti on December 23, 2010.
'And you, my father, there on the sad height, Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray, Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light.' -from Dylan Thomas' Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night.
Calling hours: 12:00 until 3:00 P.M. Sunday (1-8-12) in the J. Bradley McGonigle Funeral Home and Crematory Inc. 1090 East State St. Sharon, and from 10:00 A.M. until the time of service Monday (1-9-12) in the Wheatland Farrell United Methodist Church, 75 Mercer Ave., Wheatland.
To view his obituary or to post a memorial tribute to his family, visit the web site www.McGonigleFuneralHomeandCrematory.com
Service: A Funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday (1-9-12) in the Wheatland Farrell United Methodist Church with Rev. Mark E. Goswick, Pastor officiating.
Interment: Haywood Cemetery, with full military honors rendered by the West Middlesex VFW Post 6233 and the Wheatland American Legion Post 432 Honor Guard.
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