Shirley Ann (Warren) Williams

Class of 1946

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Shirley Warren

Student Council, ’40-’41, ’43-’44, ’45-’46; Jr. Honor Society, ’42-’43; Red Hots, ’43-’44; Office Staff, ’43-’44; Library Staff, ’44-’45; Glee Club, ’42-’43; Perryscope Staff, ’45-’46; Annual Staff, ’45-’46.

Shirley Ann (Warren) Williams

May 2, 1928 – January 29, 2003

Shirley Ann Williams, 74, of Perry, Oklahoma was the daughter of Rudolph Kobes and Reba Eunice (Hogzette) Kobes. She was born May 2, 1928, in Perry, Oklahoma and died at 10:45 a.m. Wednesday, January 29, 2003, at Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

She attended Perry schools and was a graduate of William Woods College.

On August 21, 1949, she and Joe Williams were married in Perry, Oklahoma. Shirley worked at the state highway department prior to becoming an employee of Exchange Bank and Trust Company. She retired as Vice President of Exchange Bank in 1987 after 37 years of employment.

A life-long resident of Noble County, she was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Perry. She also was a member of the Perry Progress Club and the Perry Memorial Hospital Auxiliary.

Funeral services will be at 10:00 a.m. Friday, January 31, 2003 at the First Presbyterian Church. Rev. Tim Boggess will officiate. Interment will be in Grace Hill Cemetery under direction of Brown-Dugger Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to the charity of the donor’s choice.

In addition to her husband, Joe, of the home, survivors are one daughter, Teresa Sue Stahl, Perry, Oklahoma; one son, Jay Williams and his wife, Cindy, Perry, Oklahoma; one brother, George Warren, Perry, Oklahoma; two granddaughters, Caress Reaves and Rebecca Stahl; two grandsons, Justin Williams and Jason Williams; and one great-granddaughter, Catlin Reaves.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Rudolph Kobes, Reba Warren and Bud Warren; two sons, Dale and Max, one sister, Marian White and two grandsons.