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Friends may visit with the family from 1-4 PM on Saturday, November 12, 2016 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne. At 3:45 PM a Celebration of Life service will be held.
Welcome “Woody” “Will” “Welcy” H. Williams, age 73, of Wayne, passed peacefully on Thursday, November 10, 2016.
He was born in Passaic and raised on Cottage Lane in Clifton. He graduated from Clifton High School with the Class of 1961. After high school he graduated from Union County Technical Institute in Scotch Plains with a Mechanical Engineering Degree.
As a young boy in high school Woody would go to the Fette Ford car dealership in Clifton and shine the salesmen's shoes. He later worked as a Produce Clerk for the Grand Union in Clifton. After he received his Mechanical Engineering Degree he worked for the Union Carbide Corporation in Linden as a Draftsman. During his career he also worked as a Draftsman for the Westinghouse Corporation in Bloomfield. Later in his career he worked as an Engineer for the Silicon Technology Company in Oakland. He retired in 1999 as a Senior Engineer for Howmedica Corporation in Rutherford after seventeen years of service.
During his high school days in Clifton, Woody met a cute girl named Toni Southern. They both attended Clifton High School and lived about a half mile apart. While on the school bus, Woody would tease Toni by pulling on her pocketbook and do all the little things boys flirtatiously do. Woody was a year older than Toni and was soon driving “Frosty” his 1953 white Ford convertible. Toni will tell you that cool car was the only reason she agreed to go out with him. Woody and Toni would hang out with each other and congregate with all the teens at Knollcroft Park in Clifton. Those evenings would often move from the park, to cars drag racing, then a trip to Bonds for an “Awful – Awful” milkshake.
For Toni and Welcome there was no formal marriage proposal however they were deeply in love and decided to make it official. They married on March 27, 1965 and had their reception at the Friar Tuck Inn in Cedar Grove. They honeymooned in Atlantic City and still have an Atlantic City toothpick holder to show for it. They have had fifty-one years of a devoted marriage and were lovingly inseparable.
Woody enjoyed wood carving and was a member of the Unorthodox Carving Club, the National Woodcarvers Association, and will be remembered for his Santa Claus carvings. He loved all kinds of other activities as well. Fishing, fly fishing, photography, bird watching, CB radios, police band radios, short wave radios, and craft beer were all part of his retirement resume. He also loved cars, boats, and even organized banquets for Ducks Unlimited to preserve habitat for wildlife. Many fond memories were made during annual summer trips to Ocean Beach at the Jersey Shore.
Welcome was the loving husband of fifty-one years to Toni Williams; devoted father of Kelly Browne and her husband Kevin of Chatham, and Suzanne Scott of New York City; dear brother of Harrison Williams of Austin, Texas.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to Beagle Freedom Project, Saint Josephs Indian School, or the Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee would be greatly appreciated.
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Friends may visit with the family from 1-4 PM on Saturday, November 12, 2016 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne. At 3:45 PM a Celebration of Life service will be held.
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 1-4 PM on Saturday, November 12, 2016 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne. At 3:45 PM a Celebration of Life service will be held.
Welcome “Woody” “Will” “Welcy” H. Williams, age 73, of Wayne, passed peacefully on Thursday, November 10, 2016.
He was born in Passaic and raised on Cottage Lane in Clifton. He graduated from Clifton High School with the Class of 1961. After high school he graduated from Union County Technical Institute in Scotch Plains with a Mechanical Engineering Degree.
As a young boy in high school Woody would go to the Fette Ford car dealership in Clifton and shine the salesmen's shoes. He later worked as a Produce Clerk for the Grand Union in Clifton. After he received his Mechanical Engineering Degree he worked for the Union Carbide Corporation in Linden as a Draftsman. During his career he also worked as a Draftsman for the Westinghouse Corporation in Bloomfield. Later in his career he worked as an Engineer for the Silicon Technology Company in Oakland. He retired in 1999 as a Senior Engineer for Howmedica Corporation in Rutherford after seventeen years of service.
During his high school days in Clifton, Woody met a cute girl named Toni Southern. They both attended Clifton High School and lived about a half mile apart. While on the school bus, Woody would tease Toni by pulling on her pocketbook and do all the little things boys flirtatiously do. Woody was a year older than Toni and was soon driving “Frosty” his 1953 white Ford convertible. Toni will tell you that cool car was the only reason she agreed to go out with him. Woody and Toni would hang out with each other and congregate with all the teens at Knollcroft Park in Clifton. Those evenings would often move from the park, to cars drag racing, then a trip to Bonds for an “Awful – Awful” milkshake.
For Toni and Welcome there was no formal marriage proposal however they were deeply in love and decided to make it official. They married on March 27, 1965 and had their reception at the Friar Tuck Inn in Cedar Grove. They honeymooned in Atlantic City and still have an Atlantic City toothpick holder to show for it. They have had fifty-one years of a devoted marriage and were lovingly inseparable.
Woody enjoyed wood carving and was a member of the Unorthodox Carving Club, the National Woodcarvers Association, and will be remembered for his Santa Claus carvings. He loved all kinds of other activities as well. Fishing, fly fishing, photography, bird watching, CB radios, police band radios, short wave radios, and craft beer were all part of his retirement resume. He also loved cars, boats, and even organized banquets for Ducks Unlimited to preserve habitat for wildlife. Many fond memories were made during annual summer trips to Ocean Beach at the Jersey Shore.
Welcome was the loving husband of fifty-one years to Toni Williams; devoted father of Kelly Browne and her husband Kevin of Chatham, and Suzanne Scott of New York City; dear brother of Harrison Williams of Austin, Texas.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to Beagle Freedom Project, Saint Josephs Indian School, or the Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee would be greatly appreciated.
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