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February 12, 2011
Paul Francis Williams, 80, of Wyoming, passed away Saturday morning, February 12, 2011, at the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.
Born in West Pittston, a son of the late John C. Williams and Genevieve Smith, he attended Pittston High School and was also a graduate of Penn State University, where he majored in Engineering.
Paul was a member of the Trinity Episcopal Church in West Pittston. Paul was first employed at the Glenn Alden Shops in West Pittston and the Army Labs in Washington, D.C., and then Tobyhanna Army Depot, where he retired from in 1994.
Paul was a member of the Masonic Valley Lodge 499, the Keystone Consistory and Irem Temple. Paul enjoyed hunting, fishing and gardening and also loved to volunteer at the Saint Vincent DePaul Soup kitchen.
Paul was also preceded in death by grandparents, William and Genevieve Smith and Lillian and Morgan Williams.
He is survived by his wife, with whom he was married 46 years, Mary Hileman Williams; brothers, Mr. John C. Williams and his wife, Beverly, of West Pittston, and Robert Wayne Williams of West Pittston; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Trinity Episcopal Church on Montgomery Avenue in West Pittston. Friends and family are asked to go directly to church where the service will start at 11 a.m. Interment will held in the Woodlawn Cemetery, Dallas. Friends may call at the Howell-Lussi Funeral Home, 509 Wyoming Ave., West Pittston, from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Saint Vincent DePaul Soup Kitchen or a charity of the donor’s choice.