Mary Jean Williams

March 30, 1925 - July 23, 2017

MATTOON -- Mary Jean (Brinkley) Williams, born March 30, 1925, in Mattoon, died July 23, 2017 in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, where she had lived since 2005. Memorial services will be held at 9:45 A.M., Saturday, September 23, 2017 at Mitchell-Jerdan Funeral Home located at 1200 Wabash Avenue, Mattoon, IL 61938 with Reverend Dr. Timothy Perkins officiating. Burial will follow at Dodge Grove Cemetery in Mattoon, IL. Visitation will be held Saturday, September 23, 2017, at 9:00 A.M. till the time of service at Mitchell-Jerdan Funeral Home. Her husband, Gail H. Williams, M.D. preceded her in death in 1992. They were married December 28, 1946, in Mattoon and had lived in Ann Arbor, Michigan and Marshfield, Wisconsin. She is survived by her three daughters, Marty (Don) Murdoch of O’Fallon, Illinois, Kathy (Wayne) Scheffen of Lena, Wisconsin and Peggy (Steve) Grabow of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, six grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren. Mary Jean was the only child of John and Martha Brinkley of Mattoon. She attended William Woods College in Fulton, Missouri and the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church. Memorials in Mary Jean's name may be made to the charity of your choice. Please visit www.mitchell-jerdan.com or www.facebook.com/mitchelljerdanfuneralhome to light a virtual candle in her honor or share a memory with the family.