Gertrude Williams

Gertrude "GiGi" Williams, 94, of Granite City, Ill., formerly of Deltona, Fla., died Sunday, Nov. 27, 2011, at Gateway Regional Hospital, Granite City, Ill.

She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Florida, while living in Illinois she worked in sales, in Florida she was a real estate agent. She was a member of the Deltona Dollies, First President of the BPW and the first woman in real estate in Deltona, Fla. She was a member of several card clubs and loved going bowling.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Donald R. Williams; her parents, John Samuel and Willie Grey, nee Kelly, Dukes; a daughter, Patsy Johnston; four brothers; two sisters, Betty Ahlf; and one in infancy.

Surviving are her daughter, Carolyn (William J.) Belling of Granite City, Ill.; four grandchildren, Edward Belling of St. Louis, Mo., James (Jenice) Belling of Edwardsville, Ill., Randy (Christine) Belling of Edwardsville, IL and Greg Phillips of Little Rock, Ark.; seven great-grandchildren, Megan, Gabriel, Jessalyn (Chris) Link, Monica, Hilary, Jared, and Lauran; one brother, Ernest (Jolene) Dukes of Kingman, Ark.; two sisters, Lila Gronemeyer of Flint, Mich., and Barbara (Jim) Hoover of Leesburg, Fla.; a sister-in-law, Gene Dukes of Centralia, Ill.; nieces nephews and cousins.

Memorials may be made to the American Diabetes Association . Condolences may be expressed online at valhallagardensandfuneralhome.com.

Visitation: Friends may call from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011, at Valhalla Gaerdner Holten Funeral Home in Belleville, Ill.

Funeral: Funeral Service will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011, at the funeral home with the Rev. Doug Pascoe officiating.

Committal service will be held at noon Friday, Dec. 2, at Deltona Memorial Funeral Home and Cemetery in Deltona, Fla.

VALHALLA GAERDNER HOLTEN FUNERAL HOME, Belleville, Ill.