Kenneth Williams

Kenneth Williams Kenneth Williams, age 85, of Woodbridge, Virginia, died September 12, 2010 at Westminster at Lake Ridge. He was born in Pittsburg, PA to David Smith Williams and Anna Frederica Hunninghaus, the youngest of four children.

At the outbreak of World War II, he joined the Navy and served on board a mine sweeper in the Caribbean. He was a "plank member" of the USS Instill (AM 252). He adopted the middle name of Richard While in the Navy. After the war, he came to Northern Virginia where he met and married Sarah Elizabeth Bailey. They were married nearly 50 years when Sarah died in 1997. They were the parents of two children.

After retirement from Aetna Insurance Company, Ken enjoyed traveling and spending time with friends and family. He moved to Westminster at Lake Ridge in 2005 to be near his family.

Ken is survived by his daughter, Paula Curran; son David (Katy); three grandchildren: Alexa L. Williams, Rebecca L. Daily (Francis), and J. Thomas McClard (Lisa Marie); five great-grandchildren: Jennifer, Elizabeth and Anthony Daily, and Bailey and Oliver McClard; and one great- great granddaughter, Sarah Elizabeth Daily; 6 nieces, 1 nephew and their families, and his very wonderful friend, Anna Brown.

Ken will be interred at the Arlington National Cemetary Columbarium on November 8, 2010 at 2 p.m. A memorial service will be held at Westminster at Lake Ridge at 3:30 p.m. following the Service at Arlington National Cemetary.

Arrangements by Miller Funeral Home & Crematorium.





This obituary was originally published in the News & Messenger (Woodbridge, VA).