Williams, Theora Rosalie

1919 - 2017  (97 years)

• Name	Williams, Theora Rosalie
  Birth	14 May 1919	Rafetown, Jasper County, Illinois
  Gender	Female
  Reference Number	WILL.T008
  _FGRAVE	177013348
  Death	4 Mar 2017	Helia Healthcare, Olney, Richland County, Illinois
  Burial	Crest Haven Memorial Park, Claremont, Richland County, Illinois
  Person ID	I55998	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	29 Oct 2024

  
  

  Family	Stiff, Eugene Merritt,   b. 9 Feb 1914   d. 4 Oct 2011, Richland County Memorial Hospital, Olney, Richland County, Illinois (Age 97 years)
  Marriage	1 Feb 1941  [1]
  Age at Marriage	She : 21 years and 9 months - He : 27 years.
  Family ID	F20223	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Oct 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Death - 4 Mar 2017 - Helia Healthcare, Olney, Richland County, Illinois Burial - - Crest Haven Memorial Park, Claremont, Richland County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Theora Rosalie Stiff, 97, of Dundas, passed away on March 4, 2017 at Helia Healthcare in Olney. Theora was born on the family farm in Rafetown, IL on May 14, 1919. She was the only child of Jess R. and Edith L. (Seiler) Williams. She married Eugene Merritt Stiff on February 1, 1941 in Union, MO. He preceded her in death on October 4, 2011 after 70 years of marriage. Theora was an active member and youth leader at the Dundas Methodist Church until it closed in 1973 and she and her husband joined the Immanuel United Methodist Church in Olney. She was a farm wife, homemaker, loving mother and grandmother. She is survived by her daughter, Mary Lou Walden and husband Wayne of Mt. Carmel; grandsons, Chris Walden and wife Allison of Mattoon; and Chad Walden and wife Sarah of Brownsburg, IN; great-grandchildren, Ely, Stella, Hadleigh, and Hampton; caregivers, Sue Holland and Linda Hanes; and two nieces and a nephew. Theora was preceded in death by her parents, husband, infant son, Larry Gene and infant great-granddaughters, Teigan and Tinsley Walden. Services at Kistler-Patterson Funeral Home with burial in Crest Haven Cemetery east of Olney. Kistler-Patterson Funeral Home Olney, IL March 5, 2017

  
  

• Sources

  [S16271] https://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Stiff, Eugene M., 97, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/77680889/eugene-merritt-stiff), none. (Reliability: 2).