Funeral services for Karen Lee Dewey Williams, 71, of Marshall will be held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, January 1, 2015 in the chapel of Downs Funeral Home with Father Denzil Vithanage officiating. Interment will follow in Shiloh Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m., Wednesday, December 31, 2014 at the Downs Funeral Home. Ms. Williams passed away at her residence December 25, 2014. Karen Lee Dewey Williams was born August 6, 1943 to Leland H. Dewey and Emma Elizabeth Hicks Dewey in Clifton Springs, New York. She attended the State University of New York in Oswego. Karen married Lewis Wayne Williams on November 11, 1961 in Phelps, New York, and together they celebrated over fifty years before his death in 2012. She was a member of the Catholic Church, the Eastern Star and Beta Sigma Phi sorority. Karen was a teacher who enjoyed life, loved people, and was a loving mother and grandmother. She was young at heart, stylish, loved to dance and have fun. She is survived by her daughters, Kelly L. Williams Porter and husband, John P. of Lyons, New York, and Christina L. Williams of Phelps, New York; two grandchildren, Ian L. Block of Arlington, Virginia, and Brittyn M. Willie of Phelps, New York. Karen was preceded in death by her parents, and her husband, Lewis Wayne Williams. Donations may be made in her memory to Special Olympics, Inc., 1133 19th Street NW, Washington DC 20036.