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Harold E. Williams

Harold E. Williams, 80, of LaFontaine, IN, died Sunday, Jan. 18, 2009.

Mr. Williams retired in 1982 from the Owens-Illinois Glass Factory, where he had worked for 32 years as a forklift operator.

He was born Oct. 10, 1928, in Tulsa, OK, to James Harold and Hazel Haynes Williams. He married Lois Purviance, who preceded him in death.

Survivors include five daughters, Ellen Inez, Sara McCoy, Treva Gay (Randy) Neier and Debora (Charles) Smith, all of Marion, and Gail (Mike) Waak, of LaFontaine; four half-sisters, Mary Sue Harrold, Ruth Crawford, Phyllis Olson and Helen Rackowitz; a half-brother, Clyde Berner; six grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

A funeral service was held Friday, Jan. 23, 2009, at Needham-Storey-Wampner Funeral Service, Storey Chapel, Gas City, with Rev. Doug Oakes officiating. Entombment was at Gardens of Memory Cemetery, Huntington County.

Online condolences may be made through www.nswcares.com.