Mary Katherine “Mary Kay” Williamson
Mary Katherine “Mary Kay” Williamson, 99, a lifelong Pulaski County resident, passed away peacefully at 7:38 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 13, at Pulaski Memorial Hospital.
Born on Oct. 20, 1918, in Pulaski County, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Katherine (Miller) Wiesjahn.
She was a 1937 Star City High School graduate.
On Oct. 21, 1936, she married Ed Williamson. He preceded her in death on March 10, 1989.
Mary Kay was a lifelong homemaker and farmwife. She was a member of St. Ann’s Catholic Church in Kewanna where she played the organ for more than 50 years. She was active during the years serving on the Star City Centennial and Sesquicentennial committees, Winamac Book Club, Star City TOPS and she was also a 2007 Women of Pulaski County Honoree.
Mary Kay was known for her oil and watercolor painting and also her poetry. She was very proud that her poem “The Hoosier State of Indiana” was published in the Logansport Pharos Tribune. She enjoyed crafts, genealogy, traveling and helping friends and neighbors. She also enjoyed playing piano at both Hickory Creek and Pulaski Health Care centers during the years.
Survivors include her children: Katherine “Kay” [Jerry] Brown of Kewanna, Karen Kruger of Star City, John Williamson of Star City, Carol Fernandez of Star City and Rita Williamson of Winamac; 11 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; and 24 great-great-grandchildren.
She was also preceded in death by her granddaughter Abby Smith; brothers: Donald, Edgar and Ralph Wiesjahn; sisters: Ethel Overlease and Zelda Wiesjahn; stepsisters Mildred Martin, Bessie Handy and Jane Jeziorski; and foster sisters: Martha Vester and Tillie Merrill.
Visitation will be 4-7 p.m., Friday, Jan. 19, at Harrison-Metzger-Rans Funeral Home Kewanna Chapel where there will also be a scripture service at 7 p.m. A Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 20, at St. Ann’s Catholic Church in Kewanna with Father Mike McKinney officiating. Burial will be at St. Peter’s Cemetery in Winamac.
Memorial contributions may be made to Star City Lions Club.
Sign the online guestbook or leave a condolence for the family at www.ransfuneralhomes.com.
(Pulaski County Journal —Jan. 17, 2018)