December 10, 2013
Williams, Jack D.
Jack David Williams, a resident of Norwood since 1953, died Monday, December 9, 2013 at his home in Norwood. He was 85. Jack was born March 28, 1928 in Martins Ferry, Ohio, a son of Thomas David and Mary Elizabeth (Greene) Williams. He served in the US Air Force from 1948 to 1952 and then worked for 30 years as a tool and die maker for Burgess Brothers in Canton. He then started the Williams Machine Company in Norwood where he spent the next five years until his retirement in 1995. Jack was a member of the American Legion Post in Norwood and of Orient Lodge AF & AM of Norwood. He was also an avid gardener. Jack was the husband of the late Janet (Norton) Williams, and the brother of the late Shirley Adams, and the late Harry Thomas Williams. He is survived by his wife, Barbara (Ehasz) Rykowski Williams; his daughter, Janet Fraone of Norwood; his two sons, Scott Williams of Foxboro and Mark Williams of North Attleboro; his seven grandchildren, Joshua, Jason, Rhette, and Lynn Williams, and Domenic, Alisa, and Marianna Fraone; and his six great grandchildren, Adrina and Jackson Williams, Ava and Alexa Fraone, and Tyler and Addison Kuhn. Visiting hours will be held Wednesday from 4 to 8 PM at the May Funeral Home, 85 Nichols Street, Norwood. Relatives and friends are invited to attend his funeral Thursday at 11 AM at the funeral home followed by burial with military honors at Highland Cemetery in Norwood. In lieu of flowers donations to the American Diabetes Association, PO Box 11454, Alexandria, VA 22312 would be appreciated.
Comments(9)
My family and my mother want to express our sympathy on the loss of your father and husband
I’m so sorry for your loss.
Dear Barbara and Family,
My father, Chuck Habig sends his sincere sympathy. He is heart broken to hear of Jacks passing. Please know you are all in his prayers.
Mary Habig
Bellows Falls, VT
I loved Uncle Jack with my whole heart. He was a very special man and we will all miss him very much! My love and sympathies to everyone! I regret that I am unable to attend the funeral, but my thoughts and prayers are with all of you!
Love you Uncle Jack. Peace be with you.
Barbara Williams and Family, I am so sorry to hear of Jacks Passing , it was always a pleasure to see Jack at the Doctors office , I will miss his smiling face .
My thoughts and prayers are with you all at this time, Jack will be missed dearly .
R.I.P. Jack
Ellen Welch ( Dr. Kolodnys office )
Dear Barbara,
My mother, Catherine extends her sympathy at the loss of Jack. Our family will keep you and Jacks children in our prayers.
Sincerely,
Judy and Catherine Balwanz
I stayed close to Jack even after he retired,when I graduated High School he began teaching me his tricks of the trade and was a great and patient mentor even if someetimes when I wasn’t aloud to talk. During our brain storming on how to machine difficult investment castings we always got threw it and it felt great because he trusted me and that confidence is what made me very highly skilled in this trade.
Jack always said who will do it if you don’t and I trust you.
With The Utmost Sinserity,
Vincent and Jacqueline Bjorkman
Thank you to all who have sent their warm thoughts of my father through this website, cards, phone calls and prayers. My brothers and I will always treasure memories of him and they will forever live on in our hearts. May he rest in peace.