Tribute to my grandmother, Bernice Helen Waters Williams

My grandmother, Bernice Williams was born June 25, 1922, and passed away April 18, 2009.

Her obituary can be found here:
http://ads.heraldextra.com/articles/2009/04/22/obituaries/341915.txt

Although her passing relatively sudden, I did not feel like it was premature. I had just been with her in March when she came to my brother Josh's wedding in California.

I attended her funeral in Provo, Utah on April 25, 2009.
She will be buried later this month in Ishpeming, Michigan.

There were many tributes to her love of God, dedication to family, her wit, her love of learning and teaching, and of course her dedication to music.

Pictures from her life can be found here.


We had a family choir sing O My Father, to the music of Come Thou Fount.
A link to the music we sang at the funeral can be found at:
http://www.defordmusic.com/comethoufountomyfather.htm

Bernice is survived by her four children, David and Juliann Williams (Ishpeming, Michigan), Janice and Douglas Johanson (LasVegas, Nevada), Mary (Christian) Stevenson, Orem, Utah and Patti (Michael) Drake, Provo, Utah. She is also survived by 21 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren, two brothers, Robert (Lois) Waters, Ishpeming, Michigan and Clifford (Marguerite) Waters, Negaunee, Michigan and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jack and a great-grandson, Jack Johanson.

It was great to see so much family at the funeral, and our thoughts were with family who would have liked to be there but weren't able to make it.