Jessica Anne Williams

Jessica Anne Williams obituary

Jessica Anne Williams

Jessica Williams Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Boylan Funeral Home, Inc. - Zelienople East on Aug. 30, 2025.

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Jessica Anne Leonberg Williams, age 42, of Ellwood City, passed away on Thursday, August 28, 2025.

Born July 25, 1983, in Ellwood City, she was the daughter of David and Patricia (Lutz) Leonberg.

Jessica was always the life of the party, a jokester, who loved to make people smile. She was very caring, with a heart of gold, and always put others before herself. Sports were a huge part of life for Jessica she played slow pitch softball since she was seven years old into adulthood. She played on many women's and co-ed teams throughout Beaver, Butler and Lawrence Counties. Jessica also played fast pitch softball at CCBC, where she received her associate's degree in criminal justice. Jessica worked at YDC in New Castle for 7 years until it closed. She then worked in quality and compliance positions for several human service agencies catering to adults with disabilities. She was an avid Pirates fan, Andrew "Cutch" McCutcheon being her favorite player. She followed NASCAR in her younger years, with Jeff Gordon being her favorite driver. She will be deeply missed and lovingly remembered.

In addition to her parents, she leaves behind to cherish her memory, her loving husband, Josh Williams and in-laws Mark and Ronalynn Williams, her sister, Jennifer L. Leonberg; her grandmother, Faye Lutz Hamilton; her aunts, Trudy Buczkowski, Nancy Trenton and Nancy Leonberg, her uncles, John Leonberg, Ronald Lutz, James Lutz, and Tom Sharrar; her cousins, Rick Jr., Mark, Jeff, Julie, Laura, Eric and Maria Lutz, Bobby, Kimberly, Jacquie and Kathy Leonberg, Mark Buczkowski, Lori and Wendy McMillen, Tom and Dawn Lynn Sharrer and Pamela Trenton. She also leaves her sisters-in-love and their spouses and children who she considered her nephews and nieces. Melissa White and nephews Dominick, Talan, and niece Kai Ly, Tracy and Larry Jacobs and nephews Ivan, Jack and Rexx, Robyn and Glenn Nicklas and nephews Easton and Nolan, Maram and Antonio Ford and nephew Matthew, Kristen and Joe Mullen, loving neighbor Cris Welsh and nephew Hunter Brown, and her loving dog, Mia.

Jessica was preceded in death by her grandparents, Frank H. "Red" Lutz and Harold and Stella Leonberg; Richard Hamilton Sr., uncles Richard Lutz Sr., Harold "Whitey" Leonberg, Ronald Leonberg Sr.; aunts Marsha Lutz Dorsey, Kathy Lutz, Sally McMillen, Bonnie Sharrer, Donna Fleek, Betty Haney and her nephew-in-love, Markie Mason; and her beloved dog, Leia.

The family would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to the palliative care team at UPMC Passavant, especially Annie and Ashley. As well as the staff of Good Samaritan Hospice House in Wexford.

Friends and family will be received on Monday, September 1, 2025, from 2:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. at Boylan Funeral Home, Inc., 324 E. Grandview Ave., Zelienople, PA 16063.

A service will follow visitation at 7:00 P.M. at the funeral home, with Pastor Antonio Ford, officiating.

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