Margaret Joan Williams

Margaret ”Joan” Williams

Newark— Margaret Joan Williams, 81, died August 2, 2009 at her home.

          Friends may call from 2-4 & 7-9 P.M. on Wednesday (Aug.  5^th) at the Paul L. Murphy & Sons Funeral Home, 127 East Miller Street, Newark.  A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 AM on Thursday Aug. 6th at St. Michael’s Church, South Main Street, Newark. Burial will be in Newark Cemetery.

          Memorials in her name may be made to the St. Michael’s Youth Group, 401 South Main Street, Newark, New York 14513; Life Time Care Hospice, 1120 South Main Street, Newark, New York 14513 or to the American Cancer Society1400 Winton Road N., Rochester, New York 14609.

          Mrs.  Williams was born on April 15, 1928, in Carbondale, Pennsylvania the daughter of Charles and Mary Steinbrecher Tompkins.  On November 19, 1949, Joan married Bruce Williams in St. Daniel’s Roman Catholic Church in Syracuse and had 44 blissful years of marriage until his death in 1993.    For fourteen years, Joan worked as an operator for the New York Telephone Company leaving in 1960 to raise her family.  She was a communicant of St. Michael’s Church and a member of the NY Telephone Pioneers.  Joan had a great love of music and sang until the day she died.  She is remembered as a loving and compassionate mother, grandmother, sister and friend.

          She survived by four daughters Barbara (James) Halbert of Scottsville, Margaret (Gary) Magratten of Willits, Ca., Jeanette Housecamp of Newark and Anne (Michael) Montgomery of Port Orchard, Wa., five grandchildren Bruce Halbert, Anne Magratten, Emily and Mary Housecamp, Maggie Montgomery; two sisters Mary Arthur of Ticonderoga and Ann (Donald) Thibault of Chazy, NY, numerous  nieces and nephews.

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