Anne Peterson Williams

Anne Peterson Williams, 93, passed peacefully Sunday morning, December 8.

She was born April 25, 1931 and shared her birthdate with her identical sister Edythe Buchter, her only sibling.  She was raised in Montclair, NJ and attended Lacordaire Academy. 

She met her husband Roy Williams Jr. from Hamden, Connecticut on the beach in Atlantic City on a family vacation.  They were married in Montclair December 27, 1952  and  were married for 62 years.

Her beloved parents moved to Spring Lake and she followed them.  She lived and raised her family of 4 in Spring Lake.  Her twin sister also resided there with her three children.  She was a communicant of St. Catherine’s, St. Margaret’s parish.

In 1973 she moved to Deerfield Beach, Fla for a few years and made frequent trips to Hopetown in the Bahamas where they had a house and many local friends.  In 1977 they moved to Greenville, Maine when they bought Sander’s General Store which they owned and ran for a few years.  She adopted the Maine Northwoods lifestyle.  She enjoyed the people, the mountains,  the seasons.  She was the first one swimming in Moosehead Lake in the spring and last one to swim in the fall.  She was a communicant of Holy Family Church where she was very active in all of their services and social activities.  She would claim that Maine was her true home.

She was an eternal optimist which she said was a gift from God. She was a kind mother and extended her generous and joyful spirit to all.

She is survived by her daughter Kathryn Malhame and her husband Richard, three sons, Roy F.Williams III and his wife Joette, Ward F Williams. and his wife Elizabeth, Scott A. Williams and his wife Mary Beth, Seven grandchildren, Ward, Andrew, Andrea, Maria, Nicholas, Jacob, Christopher Williams, and six great grandchildren, Isabella, Salvatore, Conor, Natalie, Ella, and Clara, also her niece Laura Curran and nephew Chris Towle and his wife Diane.

She was pre deceased by her beloved husband, sister Edythe, and her nephew Nelson Towle.

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