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IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Margaret V.
Williams
March 6, 1917 – October 9, 2022
Margaret V. (Marge) Williams,105 1/2 years and wife of the late George A. Williams, passed away at her residence after a brief illness. She was born in West Warwick, Rhode Island on March 6, 1917 to parents, Anthony P. and Beatrice Gil Chadwick.
She graduated from West Warwick High School with the Class of 1935 and continued her education at Edgewood Secretarial School in Providence, Rhode Island. In August, 1980 Margaret and her husband George moved to Vero Beach, Florida from West Greenwich, Rhode Island.
She started her career as Executive Secretary with a jewelry concern in Providence from 1937 to 1946. In 1948 she was hired by Warwick's new Kent County Memorial Hospital as its first employee and as bookkeeper and secretary. In January, 1960 she advanced to the position of Business Office Manager, retiring on April 27, 1979. She organized the Kent County Memorial Hospital's Employees Credit Union in July, 1963 and remained as its Manager and Treasurer until the year 1975. In October, 1978 she was chosen "Woman of the Year" by the Kent County Business and Professional Women's Club of Warwick, R.I. She also held high official positions on a local, state, and national level with the Coventry West Greenwich Emblem Club #436, the Rhode Island State Association of Emblem Club #8, and the Supreme Emblem Club of the United States of America. She volunteered many hours of services with many of the Rode Island's charitable organizations.
She was a parishioner of the St John of the Cross Catholic Church of Vero Beach since it's inception and a charter member of the church choir and also a member of the Women's Guild.
Survivors include her daughter, Janice E. Freeman of Vero Beach, FL and her son, George A. Williams, Jr of New Smyrna Beach, FL. Six grandchildren, Kimberly (James) McIntyre of Vero Beach, FL, Todd (Jana) Protzman of Post Mills, VT, Dawn (Dave) Casselton of Rockwood, TN, Tina (Chris) Sullivan of New Smyrna Beach, FL, Scott (Meagan) Williams of New Smyrna Beach, FL, and Kelli (Cale) Ozendes of Jupiter, FL. Sixteen great-grandchildren, Sasha, Jude, Hunter, Logan, Zica-Varie, Amber, Ashley, Kyle, Cody, Harley, Kali, Chloe, Lilly, Kayden, Ayla, Kentlee. Six great great-grandchildren, Jade, Sage, Peyton, Mari-Mellow, Carson, Hartlyn.
She was preceded in death by her husband George A. Williams, her brother, Joseph Chadwick, sister Dorothy Demers, and sister Mabel Cunningham of West Warwick, R.I.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held 11 AM, Friday, October 14, 2022 at St John of the Cross Catholic Church, with visitation 1 hour prior. Interment to follow at Crestlawn Cemetery, Vero Beach.
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St. John of the Cross Catholic Church
10:00 - 11:00 am
Mass of Christian Burial
St. John of the Cross Catholic Church
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