Obituary of Charlotte L. Williams

Charlotte L. Williams, 84, longtime Coralville and Iowa City resident died Monday, January 16, 2012, at the Briarwood Health Care Center in Iowa City.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, January 23, 2012, at Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service where there will be a time of visitation one hour prior to these services on Monday. Burial will be at Memory Gardens Cemetery. Online condolences may be sent for her family through the web @ www.gayandciha.com.

Charlotte Louise Hughes was born June 30, 1927, in Iowa City the daughter of David Webster Hughes and Anna Frances (Cerny) Hughes. She was a City High School graduate and had attended cosmetology school. For a time she owned and operated her own beauty salon in Iowa City, then began a career at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in 1965. Here she worked a short time in housekeeping, and many years as a telephone operator, retiring in 1990.

Her family includes her three children, Jonny Williams (Julie) of Iowa City; Carl Williams (Charlene) of Coralville; and Diana Perez (Matthew Kocuba) of Port Lucie, FL; 5 grandchildren, Bryan Williams of Iowa City; Michelle Williams-Jones (Jason Jones) of Swisher; Randi Shannon (Jason) of North Liberty, Christian Williams of Omaha, NE; and Eric Perez of Port Lucie, FL; 4 great-grandchildren, Ricky, Nicholas, Justin and Benjamin Shannon; one sister, Loretta Angerer of Iowa City.

She was preceded in death by her former husband, Earl Williams, 2 brothers and 2 sisters.

Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service is caring for Charlotte's family and her services.