Joan Williams

Joan Sheree Williams, 57, of Oakley, died April 2, 2014. She was born February 10, 1957 to Verlin Lyle and Norma Lee (Pinkston) Plummer. She was the second of four siblings. When Joan was a little girl, her grandmother Clara Pinkston nicknamed her ‘Joni’ and that was the name that stuck. Her father nicknamed her ‘Pudden’ and ‘Fender Bender’ cause she’d always bend the fenders on the tractor while helping on the family farm growing up. Joni loved working around people and helping the needy and the sick. There was nothing she wouldn’t have done to make their life easier, even if that meant giving the shirt off her back. In 1976 she married Bob Hunziker. To this union Chanda Sue and Robert Clint were born. In November of 1990 she married her best friend and love of her life, Paul David Williams. To this union were born, Travis Paul and Bailey Shantel. On May 8th, 2012, she defeated death when she was first diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia.

She was preceded in death by her parents Verlin and Norma Lee Plummer, grandparents; Roy and Meta Plummer and Oscar and Clara Pinkston and niece Grace Lee Plummer.

She is survived by her husband P.D. Williams, of the home; daughter, Chanda Sue Hunziker-Bush, Norton, KS; son, Robert Clinton Hunziker (Katie), Plainville, KS, son Travis Paul Williams, Oakley, KS; daughter, Bailey Shantel Williams of the home; grandchildren, Ward and Weston Hayes and Leighton Bush, Norton, KS, Ryan Eilers and Molly & Maci Hunziker, Plainville, KS; siblings Kevin, Shawn and Sheila Plummer; numerous nieces, nephews and friends.

Visitation will be 4-6:00 p.m. Sunday, April 6, 2014 at Baalmann Mortuary, Oakley. Funeral Service will be 2:00 p.m. Monday, April 7, 2014 at the United Methodist Church, Winona, KS. Memorials are suggested to the North West Kansas Foundation for Hope or the Norman Yardley Memorial Fund, both help cancer patients with expenses, in care of Baalmann Mortuary, PO Box 204, Oakley, KS 67748. Online condolences: www.baalmannmortuary.com