Clifton Williams

SERVICES: Vigil services will be at 7:00 PM Tuesday, April 8, 2008, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church and funeral mass will be at 11:00 AM Wednesday, April 9, 2008, at the church, with Rev. Mieczyslaw Przepiora, pastor, officiating. BURIAL: Sacred Heart Cemetery under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors of Pampa.BIOGRAPHY: Mr. Williams was born October 6, 1922 in Wellington to Flora Bishop Williams and Ohnor Cleveland Williams. He was reared in White Deer and graduated from White Deer High School. He attended West Texas State University before joining the U. S. Army. Dutch was a staff sergeant mechanic stationed in Tinian during World War II, and was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church. He married Eleanor "Pat" Paetzold on August 26, 1952 in Hereford. Dutch was an active member of the Lions Club and an avid supporter of all White Deer athletics. He was co-owner with his brother, Alvin, of Williams Brothers Supply Co., and the Texaco station. He also ranched and farmed with his brothers, Alvin and Horace, in the White Deer and Clarendon areas. Dutch was preceded in death by his brothers: Clarence, Alvin, Horace and Oscar; and sisters: Opal Howard and Velma Salvino.SURVIVORS: Wife of 55 years: Eleanor "Pat" Paetzold Williams of the home; 3 sons: Mike Williams and wife Sharon of Mesquite, Ronnie Williams and wife Rebecca of Edmond, Oklahoma, and Steve Williams and wife Sandra of Mansfield; 4 daughters: Gail Barnes and husband Kenny of Crandall, Mary Lick and husband Eddie of Athens, Rose Burks and husband Randy of Abilene, and Cathy Johnson and husband Ian of Arlington; 19 grandchildren, 6 great-grandchildren.MEMORIALS: St. Ann's Nursing Home, P.O. Box 1179, Panhandle, Texas 79068, or White Deer EMS, P.O. Box 98, White Deer, Texas 79097.