Florine D. Williams

FLORINE WILLIAMS MUSCATINE, Iowa - Florine Dyer Williams, 76, of Muscatine, passed away on Wednesday, May 8, 2019, at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, June 1, 2019, at the Salvation Army, 1000 Oregon Street. Lieutenant Christian Lopez will officiate. Visitation will be from 4 until 7 p.m. on Friday, May 31, 2019, at the Ralph J. Wittich-Riley-Freers Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to the Kidney Foundation. Florine was born on October 7, 1942, in Monrovia, Liberia, the daughter of Grady and Lucia Dyer. She married Amos A. Obey and later married Roger Williams who preceded her in death. She has been a Muscatine resident since 2015, moving from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was a homemaker and loved to cook, garden, and work in her flower bed. She was a member of the Bethel Baptist Church and loved singing Gospel Music, and attending the lady meetings and social gathering. She also loved her candy and cookies. Those left to honor her memory include one son, Amos Pele Obey of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; one daughter, Maxine Obey Samuel of Muscatine; nine grandchildren, Vernell Obey, Pat...[more]

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e Gwyan, Olivia Obey, Ella Obey, Jasmin Day, Shakerra Brunson, Florine Obey, Odell Day, and Emile Brunson; five great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. She is preceded in death by her husband, Roger; one daughter, Evelyn Kama Obey; and two brothers.