Mae
Williams, 89
Edina
- Mae Williams, 89, died Sunday, October 14,
2001 at Heritage of Edina.
A
memorial service was held at 9:30 a.m. on Friday,
October 19, at Werness Brothers Chapel in
Bloomington. Interment was in Fort Snelling
Cemetery.
Mae
Gram was born on May 21, 1912 in Ransom County of
North Dakota, the daughter of Delia Ann (Hall) and
Benson Perley Gram. She grew up in the Leonard,
N.D. area and northwestern Minnesota where she
attended Middle River High School. After high
school, she worked as a cook for road crews in
northwestern Minnesota and Montana. She also worked
as a waitress at a Thief River Falls
restaurant.
While
working in Thief River Falls, Mae met Vernon
Williams. Vernon was drafted in the U.S. Navy in
1943 and trained at Camp Peary, Magruder, Va. Mae
joined Vernon, and the couple married on September
20, 1943 in Arlington, Va. Vernon was killed on
April 16, 1945 on the island of Iwo Jima. After
Vernon's death, Mae remained on the east coast
where she worked at various jobs, including a drug
store clerk, post office employee and secretary for
an insurance firm in Washington, D.C. After her
retirement in 1976, she moved to Roseville to be
closer to relatives. She later moved to Bloomington
where she enjoyed the family activities of her
nephew, Dale Gram.
In
addition to Gram, Mae is survived a number of
nieces and nephews.
She
was preceded in death by her husband; parents;
three sisters, Alice, Myrtle and Stella; and five
brothers, Alfred, Milford, Lawrence, Buel and
Ray.
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