OUR PRECIOUS MOM PASSED AWAY THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2022, AT HER HOME IN AUSTIN, TEXAS. ANN WAS BORN IN SHREVEPORT, LA. ON OCTOBER 19, 1924, TO VESTA (ALENZI) AND JOE MONDELLO, SR. MOM ATTENDED CENTENARY COLLEGE IN SHREVEPORT, LA. SHE WORKED AT CAMP MINDEN (LA) ORDNANCE PLANT DURING WWII. IN SEPTEMBER 1945, MOM TOOK THE TRAIN TO NEW ORLEANS TO VISIT HER AUNT. MOM MET OUR DAD, WILLIE IRVIN WILLIAMS, A KCS BRAKEMAN ON THIS TRIP. HE PURSUED HER UNTIL SHE AGREED TO MARRY HIM 2 WEEKS LATER ON OCTOBER 3, 1945! MOM WAS ACTIVE IN OUR SCHOOL ACTIVITIES, BOY SCOUT LEADER, GIRL SCOUT LEADER, CHURCH VOLUNTEER AND FRIEND TO SO MANY. MOM WENT BACK TO SCHOOL AT 65 (!) TO BECOME A CERTIFIED NURSE ASSISTANT. SHE MOVED TO CHANDLER, TEXAS IN 1993. A RELATIVE NEEDED CARE, SO THAT CNA DESIGNATION WAS PUT TO GOOD USE. MOM WAS VERY ACTIVE AT ST. BONIFACE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN CHANDLER, MEMBER OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION SOCIETY AND VOLUNTEERED AT THE FOOD BANK. MOM MOVED TO AUSTIN IN 2003. MOM CONTINUED HER CNA CAREER BY TAKING CARE OF HER NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOR FOR SEVERAL YEARS. MOM ATTENDED ST. PAUL CATHOLIC CHURCH AND WAS A VOLUNTEER FOR THE FOOD BANK NEAR HER HOME. SHE WAS A DEVOUT CATHOLIC AND CONTRIBUTED HER TIME AND ENERGY WHENEVER SHE COULD. MOM MET SOME OF HER FAVORITE PEOPLE AT ST. PAUL, BRIAN, JO GAIL MEGHAN HEARON. THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS TAKING TIME TO VISIT WITH MOM. SHE TRULY TREASURED YOUR LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP. AND, AMELIA AND HENRY CASAS. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING COMMUNION AND LOVE ALL THOSE YEARS. SHE LOVED HER CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN, GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN AND BUG. AS BUTCH AND RICHARD SAY, "MOM WAS ALWAYS ALWAYS THERE FOR US."

MOM IS SURVIVED BY HER CHILDREN-RICHARD (CAROLYN) WILLIAMS OF GREEN FOREST, AR, JOHANNA "TOTSY" (RONNIE) PEERY OF BOERNE, TX, WILLIE IRVIN "BUTCH" WILLIAMS, JR OF LA, CJ WILLIAMS OF ESCONDIDO, CA, KAY WASHBURN OF AUSTIN, TX, AND TOM (LESLIE) WILLIAMS, SR. OF PARK HILL, OK; 11 GRANDCHILDREN; 5 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN; SISTERS, MARY NIETTE AND LENA CALHOUN (CECIL) OF EUSTACE, TX; BROTHER, SAM MONDELLO OF RINGGOLD, LA; AND MANY NIECES, NEPHEWS AND BUG. HE WAS ALWAYS ON HER LAP AND HE WAS SO SPECIAL TO MOM. SHE WOULD ASK "WHERE IS MY LITTLE DOG" IF HE WAS NOT WITH HER. THERESA CROSSLAND, NIECE AND GODCHILD AND HUSBAND, GROVER, HOLD A VERY SPECIAL PLACE IN HER HEART. HE ALWAYS BROUGHT A BIG SMILE TO HER FACE! THEY HAD A VERY SPECIAL BOND!

MOM WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS; BROTHERS, JOE MONDELLO, JR. AND VINCE MONDELLO; SISTER AND BROTHER-IN-LAW, CORINE AND DONNIE LADATTO, SR.; AND SISTER-IN-LAW, JO ELLEN MONDELLO.

THANK YOU TO VITAS HOSPICE NURSE MEGAN. AND, CNA KERRIE FOR YOUR LOVING CARE, COMPASSION AND GENTLENESS. A SPECIAL THANK YOU FOR YEARS OF LOVING CARE FROM NP MARCI LANDIN AND DR. MATTHEW BRIMBERRY WITH AUSTIN GERIATRIC SPECIALISTS.

JIMERSON-LIPSEY FUNERAL HOME IN CARTHAGE, TEXAS WILL CARE FOR MOM. SERVICES WILL BE SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2022, AT ST. JUDE CATHOLIC CHURCH, 4700 PALMETTO ROAD BENTON, LA 71006. VISITATION 11:00 AM-12:00 NOON. FUNERAL MASS 12:00 NOON-1:00 PM. INTERMENT TO FOLLOW AT HILLCREST MEMORIAL PARK, 601 HWY 80, HAUGHTON, LA. 71037.

DONATIONS IN MOM'S MEMORY: ST. PAUL CATHOLIC CHURCH, 10000 DAVID MOORE DR., AUSTIN, TX 78748, ST. JUDE CATHOLIC CHURCH, 4700 PALMETTO RD, BENTON, LA. 71006, OR YOUR CHARITY OF CHOICE.

A GUESTBOOK MAY BE SIGNED ONLINE AT WWW.JIMERSON-LIPSEY.COM.