Post by nydinersdotcom on Jan 13, 2008 2:31:34 GMT -5
found this obituary online..
Joel C. Williams
Joel C. Williams, 87, of Hemet, Calif., former Oberlin resident, died of congestive heart failure at the Sid Peterson Memorial Hospital in Kerrville, Texas, on Sept. 25.
Born in Oberlin, Mr. Williams lived here for the first 30 years of his life. He moved to California in 1937 and had lived in Hemet for the past 23 years.
During World War II, he served in the Navy as an athletic instructor. He was a life member of Disabled American Veterans, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and American Legion Post 53.
He built, promoted, managed and sold duck pin bowling alleys for 20 years.
He is survived by his wife, Katheryn; and nieces and nephews.
Graveside services were held Oct. 28 with burial in Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside, Calif.
Oberlin News-Tribune, Oberlin, Ohio, Tuesday, November 23, 1993, p. 2.
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Does this mean there were/are duck pin alleys in California?
Joel C. Williams
Joel C. Williams, 87, of Hemet, Calif., former Oberlin resident, died of congestive heart failure at the Sid Peterson Memorial Hospital in Kerrville, Texas, on Sept. 25.
Born in Oberlin, Mr. Williams lived here for the first 30 years of his life. He moved to California in 1937 and had lived in Hemet for the past 23 years.
During World War II, he served in the Navy as an athletic instructor. He was a life member of Disabled American Veterans, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and American Legion Post 53.
He built, promoted, managed and sold duck pin bowling alleys for 20 years.
He is survived by his wife, Katheryn; and nieces and nephews.
Graveside services were held Oct. 28 with burial in Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside, Calif.
Oberlin News-Tribune, Oberlin, Ohio, Tuesday, November 23, 1993, p. 2.
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Does this mean there were/are duck pin alleys in California?