Virgil W. Williams, 30 March 1918

Virgil W. Williams, 77, passed away February 11, 1996 at St. George, Utah. He was born March 30, 1918 at Elkhorn, Oneida County, ID to David Moroni and Martha Kent Williams. Virgil attended grade school in Elkhorn and graduated from Malad High School in 1936.

He did farm work and occasional construction work until the fall of 1939. Then he went to Bishop, CA and worked as an apprentice miner for US Vanadium Mining Company. Later he was employed at Douglas Aircraft Co. in Santa Monica, CA. Virgin was inducted into the US Air Force in March of 1943 and was discharged November 25, 1945. He returned to Malad to operate the family farm.

While continuing farming, Virgil worked at a variety of jobs, including construction of the Willard Bay project, building the railroad roadbed across the Great Salt lake, and 20 years at Thiokol Chemical Company.

After retiring, he and his wife, Ila May, had spent their winters in St. George, UT and enjoyed their summers on the farm in Malad Valley.

He is survived by his wife and sons, Merrell (Jan) of Allen, TX and Delon (Roxanne) of Bountiful, UT; four grandsons and four granddaughters; one brother, David of League City, TX; two sisters, Norma Hackney of Las Cruces, NM; and Betty (Dick) Vanden Akker of St. George, UT. He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, Hilton and Farion and one sister, Artella Larsen.

FUNERAL SERVICES
February 15, 1996
St. John LDS Ward Chapel
Bishop Rex Daniels, officiating

Family Prayer – Delon Williams, son
Organist – Myra Jean John
Invocation – Raymond Larsen, brother in law
Song – Tiffany, Natalie, Elizabeth and Alyssa Williams, granddaughters
Life Sketch – Roxanne Williams, daughter in law
Song – Don Paul Schwartz, Elwin Jones and Rex Daniels, acc. by Myra Jean John
Speaker – Bishop Gene Edwards
Speaker – Dale Tubbs
Vocal Solo – Helen E. Jones, acc. by Myra Jean John
Remarks – Bishop Rex Daniels
Benediction – Stacy Madsen

Concluding Service – St. John Cemetery
Dedication of Grave – Merrell Williams, son
Military Rites – American Legion, Ernest W. Jones Post #65
Casket Bearers:
Beau Williams, Morgan Williams, David Williams, kent Williams, Terrill Schwartz, Alma Howell, Eric Leavitt, Tarrell Jones, Cliff Larsen

Honorary Bears:
David M. Williams, Raymond Larsen, Wayne Waldron, Dick Vnden Akker, Fred Sorenson, Lyman Ipsen

Compassionate Service by the St. John Relief Society, Carol Rindlisbacher, president