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- Niagara Falls Gazette
MRS. MARTHA WILLIAMS
LOCKPORT - The widow of one of the partners of the Williams Brothers Department Store here, Mrs. Martha A. Williams, 85, died Friday (Sept. 3, 1971) at Newfane Nursing Home. Mrs. Williams, who formerly lived at 2348 Windemere Road, was married to Hugo F. Williams, who died in January. Her home made the outstanding Lockport Garden in the early 1940s. Born in Germany to August and Wilhelmine Doebler Webber, she carne to Wolcottsburg when she was nine months old. She had been a resident of this city for nearly 60 years. She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church for 60 years, a charter member of Mt. Olivet Lutheran Church, and a member of the Lockport Garden Club. She was also known for her needlework. She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Paul (Elizabeth) Boigt of Brockport; a son, Frederick W. William of New York City; a brother, John F. Webber of Buffalo; a sister, Mrs. Louis Dornfield of North Tonawanda, four grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Friends may call at the Lane Funeral Home Monday. Services will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m. at Mt. Olivet Lutheran Church. with the Rev. David Albertin officiating. Burial will be in Cold Spring Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Mt. Olivet Church.
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