

1/17/1939 - 3/5/2021
Marie was born in Stanford, CT to parents Antonio & Jennie (Sabia) Rodrigues.
She graduated from Stamford Highschool in 1956. Marie met and married
Edward Williams (d.1980) in CT. After they got married they moved to CA.
where they had and raised their 3 children. They divorced in 1977. Marie
found love again with Charles Pounds (d.1996) who was a Vietnam Veteran.
Through Chuck she found her calling in helping veterans. She went to work
for the D.A.V. as a transportation coordinator, helping veterans get to their
doctors appointments. She was still working until the pandemic shut them
down & her subsequent death. She loved her job! She was also involved in the Vietnam Veterans of Ventura County, The Santa Clarita Valley Veterans Memorial Committee, & the Lost Patrol. She touched so many lives.
Her family was very important to her. She was the force that held our family together.
She leaves behind 2 sisters, Olivia Mennona and Joanne Rodrigues, her daughter Kim Larson, and 2 sons,
Steven & Kenneth Williams, 6 grandchildren & 7 great-grandchildren. She is also preceded in death by her parents, 1 granddaughter, & her partner of the last 15 yrs, Lance King who passed 3 weeks before her from Covid.
WE LOVE YOU MOM & MISS YOU SO MUCH ALREADY!
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