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- As a young boy, he repeatedly said "my name not Douglas, me David" His family began to call him David and he eventually changed his name legally to David.
From is obituary: "David s. Williams Jr., who had owned a motel in Wethersfield and a convenience story in Manchester, died Monday at the Masonic Home and Hospital in Wallingford at the age of 78. He lived in Wallingford.
Williams owned and operated the Almar Motel on the Berlin Turnpike in Wethersfield and the Williams Dairy Mart in Manchester. He was also self-employed in the gasoline business for many years.
Williams was active in several civic organizations. He was a native of Brooklyn, NY and a communicant at Grace Episcopal Church in Newington.
Williams was the widower of Mildred C. Smutzer Williams. He leaves three daughters, Joyce Paradise of Newington, JoAnne Jones of Berlin and Kathleen Horacek of Bristol; a sister, Paula Cordes of Mahopac, NY; two brothers, Warren Williams of Oakwood, Ill., and Kenneth Williams of Fort Washington, Md.; 16 grandchildren and 22 great grandchildren.
The funeral will be Friday at 10 a.m. at the Masonic Home Chapel. Burial will be in Rose Hill Memorial Park in Rocky Hill. The B. C. Bailey funeral Home, 273 S. Elm St., Wallingford, is handling arrangements. Friends may call at the Masonic Home Chapel Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m. Memorial donations may be made to the Masonic Charity Foundation, P.O. Box 70, Wallingford 06492."
Another obituary has additional information: "Williams, David S. Jr. 78 of the Masonic Home and Hospital, Wallingford, husband of the late Mildred C. (Smutzer) Williams, died Monday, May 16, at the Masonic Hospital. He was born May 11, 1910, in Brooklyn, NY, a son of the late David S. and Anna (Hunninghouse) Williams Sr. ... He was a member and past Master of Hospitality Lodge No. 128 AF&AM, Wethersfield; a member of Scottish Rite, Valley of Hartford; past Sovereign Prince of Princes of Jerusalem, a 32 degree Mason, Valleys of Norwich and Nathan Hale Consistory; a member of Pythagoras Chapter No. 17 RAM, Wolcott Council No. 1 R&SM and Washington Commandery No. 1 Knight Templar. He was a member of Sphinx Temple Motor Patrol Association of which he was a past president, treasurer and secretary. He was very active in the Shrine Circus, serving as treasurer for four years...." Copies are in the Williams family file.
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