[Magdalen] Esther Williamson's obituary

[Ginga Wilder]

I thought we of Magdalen may wish to read her obituary.  Ginga

Esther Ohl Williamson, 82, of Roanoke, died Monday, January 9, 2017. She
was born February 28, 1934 in State College, Pennsylvania, a daughter of
the late David Dudley and Leda Elisabeth Baldwin Mason.  She was a 1951
graduate of Mill Creek High School in Erie, Pa. and in 1955 graduated from
Pennsylvania State University with a Bachelors Degree in Health and Human
Development. The most important job of her career was the 24 years she
served as a special needs foster parent for DePaul Family Services. She was
preceed in death by her husbands, Orville Anderson Ohl and William E.
Williamson; stepfather, James E. Raygor; and a foster son, Julito Eason.
Surviving are her children, Julie Mitchem, Peggy Ohl, Richard Ohl and wife
Becky, Melissa Rice and husband Anthony, Crystal Miller and husband Woody;
eight grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; sister, Polly Bowen; and a
special cousin, Jeanne Murray. In lieu of flowers the family requests that
memorials be made to St. James Episcopal Church 4515 Delray Street Roanoke,
Va.  24012 A memorial service will be conducted 2 p.m. Saturday,
January 14, 2017 at St. James Episcopal Church by the Rev. Susan
Bentley. The family will receive friends following the service.
Arrangements by Simpson Funeral Home and Crematory,
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