Jeanne Ann Williams

A celebration of life will be held on Wednesday, June 7, 2017, at 10:00 a.m. at Ballard Family Mortuary; the service will follow at 11:00 a.m.

In lieu of flowers, monetary donations may be made to Islands Hospice.

She graduated from Tulsa Central High School then from Oklahoma State A&M (now Oklahoma State University) with a degree in English. Jeanne married Charles Edward Williams in 1951. Jeanne and Charles moved throughout the Midwest and West until they settled in Hawaii in 1970. At age 56, Jeanne started work with the State of Hawaii in at First Circuit Court in Honolulu then transferred to the Second Circuit Court Juvenile Probation Department on Maui where she worked until her retirement at age 66. After retirement, she lived between Texas and Maui, she volunteered at Waipuna Church, Pookelo Church, the Makawao Library, and the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services. Jeanne had the most beautiful handwriting and signature and later learned calligraphy. Jeanne loved poetry and books and was an excellent seamstress. Family and friends in Hawaii and the mainland knew her as "Tutu."

Jeanne was preceded in death by her husband Charles and brother Jack Wills Jr. Jeanne is survived by her daughter Jeannette Ann Douglass (Roy), daughter Carol Jeanne Kramer (Rick) and son Charles Edward Williams Jr. (Janice); grandchildren Kepa (Kainoa), Kapena (Renee), Justin (Taryn), Brandon, Chris, and Katie; great grandchildren Makamae, Imai, Sage, Sianna, and Kyndal.