"Funeral Set Tuesday for Rev. Williams--Funeral services for the Rev. John E. Williams, pioneer Methodist minister and Salem resident for eight years, who died in a local hospital Saturday, will be held at the First Methodist church Tuesday at 10:30 a.m.

Dr. Edward Wolfe, pastor of the Sunnyside Methodist church in Portland, will officiate and interment will be in the Jason Lee cemetery. Services will be under the direction of the W.T. Rigdon company.

Williams, a resident of 1112 Mill st., was born in Galliton county, Ill., Aug. 14, 1863, and spent his boyhood in that state. He was married to Lillian A. Minden, at Preston, Kan., in 1888, and the couple moved to Dayton, Wash. His widow survives.

Moving to Walla Walla, Wash., Williams served as a minister and farmed in the valley until 1892 when he joined the old Columbia River Methodist conference at The Dalles. The conference later merged with the Puget Sound Methodist conference to form the Pacific Northwest conference.

While a member of the Columbia River conference, Williams served his first pastorate with the Covella circuit in Washington. He came to Oregon in 1911, serving as pastor at Prineville. As a member of the Pacific Coast conference, Williams served churches in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Indiana and Kentucky. Before coming to Salem he was pastor at Banks, Ore.

Surviving beside his widow are three daughters, Mrs. A.A. Segersten of Lewiston, Idaho, Ethel L. Williams of Fossil, Ore., and Mrs. Frances L. Arant of Forest Grove; three sisters, Mrs. Jeff Triplett and Mrs. John Black of Lewiston and Mrs. O.E. Carter of Portland; a brother, Low Williams of Myrtle, Idaho; three grandchildren, William E. Durand of Tacoma, Wash., Mrs. R.L. Ettinger of Washington, D.C., and Mrs. C.A. Weaver of Stockton, Calif., and three great-grandchildren."

OS Jun 20, 1948 12:3