DR. RICHARD J. WILLIAMS
CUMBERLAND - Dr. Richard Jones Williams, 90, of Cumberland, died Friday, Sept. 5, 1997, at Sacred Heart Hospital.
Dr. Richard Jones Williams was born July 18, 1907, in South Cumberland. His parents were the late William F. and Jennie Linn Williams.
He attended the old Virginia Avenue Elementary School, Pennsylvania Avenue Junior High School, and graduated from the old Allegany County High School on Greene Street. He attended Potomac State School in 1925, now called Potomac State College. He graduated from the University of Alabama College of Arts and Sciences with a bachelor of arts degree. He later did post graduate work at this institution in organic chemistry in 1933. After this, for a period of time, Dr. Williams worked on the ready track of the B&O; Railroad helping prepare steam engines for their runs. He later attended and graduated from the University of Maryland School of Medicine in 1937 and interned at the old Maryland General Hospital in Baltimore.
Dr. Williams believed that a student really only paid for a small part of education received and that the people, the taxpayers, picked up the greater part of the tab. For this reason, in case the people ever needed him, he applied for and received a commission as Lt. j.g. in the U.S. Navy Medical Corps Reserve.
He practiced medicine for a short time in South Cumberland. Immediately prior to the declaration by the president of a national emergency, Dr. Williams requested active duty. He was ordered to the Norfolk Naval Hospital for indoctrination and was subsequently sent as division medical officer to the 21st Destroyer Division on Neutrality Patrol in the Atlantic. Following a tour of duty, he was ordered to the Washington Naval Hospital and from there was sent to join the then forming Amphibious Forces at Norfolk. These forces trained at Solomon's Island and, immediately after Pearl Harbor, got under way for the South Pacific and Wellington, New Zealand. From there, with the elements of the First and Fifth Marine Divisions, they launched the first U.S. offensive of World War II which was at Guadalcanal, a small island in the Solomon's chain.
Dr. Williams saw a lot of combat service and, at the end of World War II, returned to reserve status. He did post graduate work in cardiology at Ohio State University and returned to Cumberland to practice medicine in the downtown medical building. When the Korean War broke, the then Captain Williams was ordered back to active duty and served as senior medical officer aboard Admiral Solomon's flag ship destroyers, Atlantic Fleet.
He finally returned again to Cumberland and resumed his duties at the Naval Armory on McKaig's Hill as medical officer and reopened his private practice in the downtown medical building. There he worked until he retired on April 1, 1982.
Dr. Williams was on the staff of Memorial and Sacred Heart Hospitals. He was a member of the Allegany County Medical Society, the Medical and Chirugical Faculty of Maryland, and the American Medical Association. He was a Fellow of the American College of Angiology, a Fellow of the Scientific Council of the International College of Angiology, and an Associate Fellow of the American College of Cardiology.
Dr. Williams was a member of East Gate Lodge AF&AM;, the Scottish Rite, a charter member of Tall Cedars, Ali Ghan Shrine, and past director of the Royal Order of Jesters. He was a member of the Woodmen of the World and an honorary member of the Masonic Club of Auckland, New Zealand, and the Masonic Club at Brisbane, Australia.
Dr. Williams was preceded in death by his first wife, Erna Cole Williams; a daughter, Ann Williams Hall; and his five siblings.
He is survived by his wife, Beverley Elaine Williams, Ed.D.; two sons, Frederick Williams, Ph.D., Fort Washington, and Richard J. Williams Jr., Mountain Lake Park; a stepson, Walter Turner, D.Min., Ph.D.; and four grandchildren.
Friends will be received at the Scarpelli Funeral Home, 108 Virginia Ave., Cumberland, on Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
The East Gate Lodge AF&AM; will conduct a memorial service at the funeral home on Sunday at 7 p.m.
Services will be conducted at the funeral home on Monday at 9:30 a.m. with the Rev. Edward C. Chapman officiating.
Interment will be in Sunset Memorial Park.
Military honors will be accorded by the Combined Veterans Honor Guard.
GLENN A. WILLIG, JR.
OLDTOWN - Glenn A. Willig, Jr., 63, Big Pond Place, SE, Oldtown, died Tuesday, Sept. 30, 1997 at Memorial Hospital.
Born on Oct. 1, 1933 at Perry Hall, he was the son of the late Glenn A. Willig, Sr. and Pearl E. (Kitzmiller) Willig. He also was preceded in death by his wife Loretta L. (Price) Willig who died on June 10, 1997.
Mr. Willig was the retired owner/operator of Glenn's Body Shop in Oldtown. He was a veteran on the Korean Conflict having served in the U.S. Army.
He is survived by four daughters, Wanda R. Neiser, Sharon L. Faust, Glenna J. Mohr, all of Baltimore, Michelle J. Lochner, Imler, Pa.; two brothers, Kenneth Willig and Charles P. Schlauch, both of Baltimore; one sister, June J. Quick, Elizabeth, W.Va.; nine grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Friends will be received at the Kight Funeral Home, 309-311 Decatur St., Cumberland on Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
Funeral services will be held at the funeral home on Thursday at 1:30 p.m. with the Rev. Fred F. Parker officiating. Interment will be in Davis Memorial cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Meredith L. Dolan, Calvin Dolan, Jr., Leo Rose, Sr., Leo Rose, Jr., Dave Bennett, and Joe Rose.
The family has requested that donations take the form of contributions to the Leukemia Society of America Inc., Maryland Chapter, 200 East Joppa Rd., Suite 102-B, Towson, MD 21286-3114.
LORETTA L. WILLIG
OLDTOWN - Loretta L. "Lee" Willig, 59, of Big Pond Place SE, died Tuesday, June 10, 1997, at Memorial Hospital.
Born May 18, 1938, in Pulaski, Va., she was the daughter of the late Robert Price and Ella Mae (Sexton) Price.
Surviving are her husband, Glenn A. Willig Jr.; four daughters, Wanda Neiser, Sharon Faust, and Glenna Mohr, all of Baltimore, and Michelle Lochner, Imler, Pa.; one brother, Robert G. "Bud" Price, Salem, Va.; nine grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
Friends will be received at the Kight Funeral Home, 309-311 Decatur St., Cumberland, on Thursday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
Funeral services will be held at the funeral home on Friday at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Fred F. Parker officiating.
Interment will be at Davis Memorial cemetery.
The family requests that donations be directed to the American Cancer Society, Allegany-Garrett Counties, 111 S. George St., Cumberland, MD 21502.
DOROTHY M. WILSON
CUMBERLAND - Dorothy May Wilson, 69, of 2021 Bedford Road, Cumberland, died Wednesday, April 23, 1997, at Memorial Hospital.
Born Sept. 7, 1927, in Greer, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Reubin Ray Gilpin and the late Eliza Jane (Wrightsman) Gilpin. She also was preceded in death by her husband, Milford Guy "Whip" Wilson.
Mrs. Wilson was a former employee of C&P; Telephone Co., Sears Roebuck, Montgomery Wards, and the American Red Cross. She was a member of Women of the Moose Chapter 914, and a graduate of Fort Hill High School, class of 1945.
Surviving are two daughters, Linda Witt and husband Steven, LaVale, and Patricia Grove and husband Harry, Cumberland; two sons, Michael S. Wilson and wife Esther, LaVale, and Rickey Wilson and wife Elizabeth, Enfield, Conn.; seven grandchildren; one great-grandchild; one brother, Gene Gilpin, Cumberland; and one sister, Mary Brode, Houston, Texas.
Friends will be received at the Merritt-Adams Funeral Home, 404 Decatur St., Cumberland, on Thursday from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m.
Services will be conducted at the funeral home on Friday at 11 a.m. with the Rev. John Herbst officiating.
Pallbearers will be Kevin Lashley, Dick Gero, John McClellan, Rick Frye, Jim Stratton, and Dan Hoyle.
Interment will be in Maryland Veterans cemetery at Rocky Gap.
GEORGE H. WILSON
CUMBERLAND - George Harris Wilson, Sr., 80, of Triple Lakes, Cumberland, died Tuesday, Sept. 2, 1997, at Sacred Heart Hospital.
Born Sept. 4, 1916, in Cumberland, he was the son of the late George Wilson and Eva (Judy) Wilson See. He also was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Regina (Jones) Wilson in 1990; one brother and one sister. He was the last surviving member of his immediate family.
Mr. Wilson was retired from Footer's Cleaners, Cumberland. He was a member of Cresaptown United Methodist Church and the Maryland Sheriff's Institute.
Surviving are three sons, Clarence Jones, Cumberland, George Harris Wilson, Jr., and wife Kathleen, Baltimore, and Ralph E. Wilson and wife Dorothy, Butler, Ga.; one daughter, Eleanore E. Kuhn and husband James, Cumberland; five granddaughters; three grandsons; and one great-grandson.
Friends will be received at Scarpelli Funeral Home, 108 Virginia Ave., Thursday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
Services will be conducted at the funeral home on Friday at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Harold R. McClay, Jr., officiating.
Interment will be in Sunset Memorial Park.
HOWARD "ZEKE" HERBERT WILSON
LONACONING - Howard "Zeke" Herbert Wilson, 63, of 23 High St., Lonaconing, died Sunday, Dec. 28, 1997, at Sacred Heart Hospital, Cumberland.
Born Oct. 5, 1934, in Lonaconing, he was the son of the late Joseph A. and Mary (Beeman) Wilson. He also was preceded in death by a brother, Roy Wilson.
Mr. Wilson attended the Bethel Pentecostal Holiness Church, Lonaconing.
Surviving are his wife, Violet Rae (Beeman) Wilson; one son, Michael Wilson, at home; two daughters, JoAnn Clise and husband Gary, Chantilly, Va., and Mary Williams and husband Steven, Frostburg; four grandchildren, Sara Ann Clise, Brittany Nicole Schrock, Cody Lee Clise, and Garrett James Clise; five brothers, George "Polock" Wilson, Lonaconing, David Wilson, Baltimore, Joseph "Bags" Wilson, Baltimore, William Wilson, Delaware, and James Wilson, Germany; six sisters, Mildred Rhine, Baltimore, Marie Isabell, Lonaconing, Margaret Morgan, Cumberland, Edith Wilson, Cumberland, Mary Ellen Brant, Lonaconing, and JoAnn Leach, Baltimore; and many nieces and nephews.
Friends will be received at the Eichhorn-McKenzie Funeral Home, P.A., Lonaconing, on Tuesday from 2 to 4 p.m. and Wednesday from noon to 2 p.m.
Services will be held at the funeral home on Wednesday at 2 p.m. with the Rev. George Loar officiating.
Interment will be in the Laurel Hill cemetery, Moscow Mills.
