St. Clair County Obits

GERTRUDE HOLLAND WILLIAMS

Appleton City Journal
Urich-Montrose Herald Tidings, Sep 22 1961 - Funeral services for Mrs. Gertrude Williams were held at the Trinity Methodist Church in Appleton City, Tuesday, Sep. 5, at 2:00 p.m., with the Rev. G. A. Moss officiating. Pallbearers were: John Browning, Quincy Brown, Trucy Brown, J. S. Culver, Jess Herman and Lyle Norman. Interment was in Appleton City Cemetery. Gertrude Holland the daughter of G. W. and Edmonia Holland, was born Nov. 19, 1869, in Stanford, Ill. In 1871 the family moved to Missouri, settling on a farm in the Mt. Hope community. In 1891 she married Luther R. Williams, who preceded her in death in 1911. She lived her entire life in the Mt. Hope community and in Appleton City. At an early age she became a member of the Mt. Hope Cumberland Presbyterian Church, where she grew to womanhood in active church work. She later transferred her membership to the North Methodist Church in Appleton City, the church of her husband's family. Until advancing years prevented she was a devoted and zealous church worker, and to the end of almost 92 years her church was her major concern. She was a member of a number of civic and fraternal organizations. She was preceded in death by her brother, Miles Holland in 1943, and her brother, Frank Holland in January, 1961. She leaves her daughter, Ola Kavanaugh, Appleton City, who formerly lived in Clinton.