Elva “Jean” Williams passed away at her home on March 5, 2006. She was born Feb. 11, 1932 to Bruce and Beulah Curtis in Oklahoma City.

She is survived by two sisters, Bernice McComb and Hazel Riddle and husband, Jack; five children, Jim Stubblefield and wife Denise, Leandra Bessinger and husband Donnie, Glenn Seidl, Kelly Stringfellow and husband, Michael, and Dane Williams, mother and father-in-law Lois and Pete Williams. She was extremely proud of her 11 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews completed her loving family.

She was preceded in death by sisters, Eva Christine Curtis and Nita Berdine; and brothers, James, Travis and Luther Curtis. Jean spent many years as a grocer and was employed by Brannon’s IGA. She later worked for the Oklahoma Department of Human Services where she retired in 1994. Jean lived a simple life and made friends wherever she went. She loved and was loved by all who knew her and she will be sorely missed. A special thanks to Laurel Scheel for her loving care and devotion in the final days.

Family and friends celebrated her life at 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 8, 2006 at Bill Eisenhour Northeast Chapel. Interment followed at 4:30 p.m. at Calvary Cemetery in Shawnee, Okla.