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Monday, June 28, 1999
Kenneth J. Williams
GRAND ISLAND, Fla. -- Kenneth J. Williams, 74, of Grand Island, formerly of Augusta, Maine and Merrimac, Massachusetts died Wednesday at home.
He was born in Bancroft, Kan. After graduating from high school, he served for 21/2 years in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
Mr. Williams owned and operated Williams Health Care Facilities in Augusta, Maine, from 1962 to 1987, and had been a member of Masonic Lodge 141, Augusta, and Kora Temple Shrine, Lewiston, Maine.
Mr. Williams was a fellow of the College of Nursing Home Administrators. In 1997 he received the Alumnus Award from the Holton Alumni Association.
After retiring to Grand Island in 1984, he became a member of Lake Square Presbyterian Church of Leesburg.
He leaves wife Shirley E. (Bailey); son Kenneth J. Jr. of Keene, N.H.; daughters Sandra Brooks of Woodland Park, Colo., and Cheryl Chiodo of Fruitland Park; and six grandchildren.
There will be no calling hours.
A grave side service will be Wednesday at 1 p.m. at Locust Grove Cemetery, Merrimac. Family and friends may gather at Paul C. Rogers & Sons Funeral Home, 36 W. Main St., Merrimac, at 12:45 p.m. to join the procession to the cemetery.