Victoria Lynn Williams

Our beloved mother and friend, Victoria (Vicki) Williams went to be with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Saturday, July 19, 2014. Her life was spent in the selfless service of many people in both her professional and personal lives. Professionally, Vicki served as a nurse from the late 1960's until 2012. Early in her career, she worked as an operating room nurse. Dinner table conversations were often filled with her excitement as she shared stories about the many operations in which she assisted. She enjoyed being a part of burgeoning fields such as open heart surgery. Mostly though, Vicki loved working where she made a difference in the lives she touched. She never lost sight of this fact. Later, she found her calling working with cancer patients at the VA hospital. Here, she continued to help people in the most meaningful ways but she was better able to build lasting relationships while she provided lasting comfort and care to her patients and their families. Vicki truly loved her work as it was a natural extension of who she was. She always cared for the people around her. As a child, she helped her parents care for her siblings. As a mother, she worked hard to c...[more]

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for her family. In her church and community, she continued to work caring for those around her. We learned from Vicki life lessons of generosity, forgiveness and compassion. Along with her work and caring for others, Vicki had many joys in her life. She enjoyed spending time with her family and friends, shopping for and finding the best deal in town, reading, camping, traveling, creating, cooking dancing and learning. She was quick witted, compassionate and served as a role model of strength, respect, honor, devotion and love. Mostly, Vicki lived as a loved child of God being true to her faith in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Vicki was preceded in death by her parents: Gerald and Barbara Asher, her husband, Bruce Boswell and her life-long friend, Mary Sterne. She is survived by her four siblings: Patricia Kateridge, Deborah Herrmann, Michael Asher, Janet Winter and their spouses, her four daughters: Adelle Stubblefield, Cheryl Iodice, Lora Hammon and Carol (Carrie) Miller; 13 grandchildren, 5 great-grandchildren, 11 nieces and nephews, numerous friends and the lives she helped save. Vicki was strong, courageous and generous to a fault. Mostly though, she was loved and is now most deeply missed by the many lives she has touched through the years.