{"id":9989,"date":"2025-05-16T06:21:56","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T11:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=9989"},"modified":"2025-05-18T19:48:39","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T00:48:39","slug":"donald-williams-jr-71-of-effingham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/9989-donald-williams-jr-71-of-effingham\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Williams, Jr. (71) of Effingham"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><div>Donald Williams Jr, 71 of Effingham, passed away Thursday, May 15, 2025 at Lakeland Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in Effingham.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Funeral services will be held at 1:00 pm on Wednesday, May 21, 2025 at Bauer Funeral Home in Effingham with visitation being held from 11:00 am to time of service. Inurnment will take place in the columbarium at Oakridge Cemetery in Effingham at a later date.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Don Jr. was born in Chicago, Illinois in November of 1953 to Donald and Edna (nee Null) Williams.\u00a0Don (Junior) attended Barrington High School from 1968-1972. He worked at Revcor in Carpentersville, Illinois until his retirement. Don was an avid Chicago Bears and Chicago Bulls fan.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Don was preceded in death by his mother Edna Williams, his brother Larry Williams and his brother Allen Williams and is survived by his father, Donald Williams, brother Marty Williams, his sister Donna Money (nee Williams), his sister Mary Jacob (nee Williams), his daughter, Melissa Williams and his grandson Alex Williams along with numerous nieces and nephews.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Don will be dearly missed by all who knew and loved him.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Williams Jr, 71 of Effingham, passed away Thursday, May 15, 2025 at Lakeland Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in Effingham. 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