Stan & Edie Williams

Stanley Williams was born in 1913 in Great Hampden

Edie Lacey born 1916 was the daughter of George & Mabel Lacey

Stan and Edie married in 1938 (in 1939 census living in Naphill)

Stan and Edie had 2 children as follows :-

Raymond Williams born ?

Brian Williams born ?

Stan and Edie lived at Rose Villa, Lacey Green for about 50 years.

Stan Williams died in 2005. Tribute in Hallmark by Ted Janes -

The recent death of Stan Williams (aged 93) means the loss of one more of the remaining villagers who have lived all their lives in this area, first in Great Hampden and then in Lacey Green.

He spent his working life in the furniture industry, but his passion was gardening, particularly vegetable growing. By today's standards he cultivated a vast garden. I remember when he opened his garden on Village Day many years ago, thinking "how does he manage it?"

In his retirement years, he helped several local widows struggling to keep their gardens tidy after the death of their husbands.

He ran the Wednesday afternoon mini Whist Drives in the Village Hall for a number of years, much appreciated by the senior citizens. At the Annual Horticultural Show, few could match the size of his onions.

I had many conversations with him on local and national issues. He liked to keep abreast of events, so to spend the last few years of his life in hospital, unable to communicate, must have been frustrating.

A softly spoken, unflappable, serene person, in fact a gentle gentleman

Our condolences to his wife Edie and sons Raymond and Brian.