Luella Williams

Luella Jane Williams, 95, died Saturday, February 7, 2015 at Ashley Manor in Fort Lupton, Colorado. A Memorial Service will be held Saturday, February 14th at the Seventh Day Baptist Church in Boulder, Colorado. Inurnment will be at the Hillside Cemetery in North Loup, Nebraska, tentatively set for June 27, 2015. She lived the first 90 years of her life in Valley County Nebraska until she moved with her husband to Colorado in 2009 to be close to family. Her husband, Udell “Bud” Williams passed away October 13, 2014. Before his passing, they celebrated 73 years of marriage. Survivors in the immediate family are son and daughter-in-law, Ron and Deborah Williams of Pocatello, Idaho, two daughters, Pat Williams of Frederick, Colorado and Jan Graffius of Holly Hill, Florida, 8 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her son, Allen Williams, son-in-law, Larry Graffius, and a granddaughter, Anne Williams. Also three brothers and three sisters. She is survived by two sisters, Wilma Keown of Grand Island, Nebraska and Phyllis Elshof of Longmont, Colorado. Luella was born August 24, 1919, to Arthur and Anna (Dishaw) Smith. She grew up on a farm near Ord, graduating from Ord High School at age 16. She took some college training and taught country school for several years. Luella met her husband on a double date with her sister and Bud’s cousin in January of 1941. They were married on October 4th of that year. They purchased a farm in Maiden Valley, living there from 1948 to 1966 while raising their four children. In 1966, they moved to North Loup. Luella’s faith in God and family were the two most important things in her life. She was baptized, along with her husband, and joined the North Loup Seventh Day Baptist Church where her membership remained for some 65 years, serving many of those years as a deaconess. While living in Colorado, they attended the Boulder Seventh Day Baptist Church. She enjoyed spending her time quilting, crocheting, cooking and doing word puzzles; family and friends were often recipients of her works of art. She was second mother or grandmother, and friend to many over the years. Service Information A service summary is not available