William R. "Bill" Williams age 80, passed away Thursday, January 20th at 1:35 p.m. peacefully at home in Battlefield, Missouri.

He was born in North Kansas City on May 23rd, 1930. He was preceded in death by his parents Frank and Beulah Williams, his siblings: Beulah Dykes, Frank Williams, Francis Williams, James Williams, and John Williams, nephew Stephen Williams and niece Kathy Dardis.

Bill served in the Coast Guard for three years as a radioman. Bill was very proud of his service and loved his country. He started a 20 year career with the US Bureau of Prisons in 1960 in Leavenworth, KS. He then transferred to Federal Correctional Institution in Lompoc, California, where he worked for 10 years. He finished his career by retiring at the U.S. Medical Center in Springfield, Missouri. He was a proud and devoted member of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church. Bill was a great listener, had a great sense of humor, a talent for kindness, a gift for friendship and an easy kind of strength. Bill was a wonderful role model of his faith and demonstrated how to live a full life.

Bill is survived by his wife Marjorie Williams of 55 years of marriage, his son Robert Williams and wife Cindy, their children Tim and Anjuli Williams, Karie and Dan Aldrich, Melissa Williams and three great-grandchildren Aubree and Grant Williams and Mason Aldrich. He is also survived by sisters Helen Dardis of Lawrence Kansas, and Juanita Jones of Southern California and their children.

He is loved and will be missed by many friends and family including sister-in-law Rose Mary Holmes, brothers-in-law Leo Behee, John Behee, and Bill Behee and their families.

Funeral Mass will be at 12:00 p.m. Tuesday January 25, 2011 in St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church. Burial with military honors will be at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday in Missouri Veterans Cemetery under the care of Herman H. Lohmeyer Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. until service time Tuesday in the church.

In lieu of flowers the family is requesting donations to St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Building Fund or Little Portion Franciscan Sisters, 645 Assissi Way Republic, MO. 65738.

Online condolences can be shared at www.hhlohmeyer.com.