Edgar Williams

Edgar Lee Williams, age 84, Dunkirk, died Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024, at Albany Health Care & Rehabilitation Center. 

Born in Lebanon, Missouri, on May 5, 1940, he grew up in Millgrove and played basketball at Dunkirk High School where he graduated with the Class of 1958. Edgar went to work at the glass factory (Armstrongs) and worked there 38 years before retiring in 1995 under Ball Corp. ownership. He was a diehard New York Yankees and Indiana University basketball fan. In addition, he was a super fan of Jay County sporting events and enjoyed having horses and mowing lawns.

Survivors include his wife of 61 years, Karen (Wilmore) Williams; and their daughter Beth Fuller (husband: Lonnie), Dunkirk; brothers Floyd Williams (wife: Joyce), Albany, and Richard Leroy “Shorty” Williams who lives near Cleveland; granddaughter Charlotte Ahls, Seattle; and step-grandchildren Catharine Klein (husband: Andrew), Texas, and Caroline Bruns (husband: James), Texas.

He was preceded in death by his parents Francis and Eva (Barton) Williams; brother Jerry Williams; and sisters Pauline Elliott and Judith Hamilton.

Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024 at Meacham Funeral Service. Burial will be at Dunkirk I.O.O.F. Cemetery without graveside services.

Visiting hours are Sunday from 1 to 3 p.m. at the funeral home.

The funeral will be streamed online at MeachamFuneralService.com, where condolences and other expressions of sympathy can also be given.