Jude Thomas Williams

Jude Thomas Williams, 64, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Sikeston, died July 31, 2011, at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born May 22, 1947, in De Soto, MO, to the late John Donald and Alta Lucille Christopher Williams, he was a self-employed biomedical engineer, and served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War. He was also a volunteer fireman, member of the Amateur Radio Group, and a member of Scott County EMA. Presently a member of the St. Mary’s Cathedral in Cape Girardeau, he was a long-time member of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Sikeston.

On December 2, 1972, in De Soto, he married Nancee Susan Johnson, who survives of the home.

Other survivors include: two daughters and sons-in-law, Tracee and Carl Bone of Charleston and Judee and Matthew Gaeta of Cape Girardeau; two brothers, John Williams of St. Louis and Joe Williams of De Soto; and five grandchildren, Jackson Thomas Gaeta, Nicholas Andrew Gaeta, Samuel Everett Gaeta and Sydney Elizabeth Gaeta, all of Cape Girardeau, and Beau Everett Bone of Charleston.

Visitation will be from 5:00-8:00pm Wednesday, August 3, 2011 at the Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston.

Visitation will resume at 9:00am Thursday at the St. Mary’s Cathedral in Cape Girardeau, where the funeral mass will follow at 10:00am, with the Rev. Tom Kiefer, pastor, officiating.

Burial will follow at the St. Mary’s Cemetery in Cape Girardeau, with full military honors provided by the Missouri Military Funeral Honor Guard Unit.

Memorial contributions may be made in his honor to:

The American Cancer Society

106 Farrar Dr.

Cape Girardeau, MO 63701