Lorene Williams

</element><element id="paragraph-1" type="body"><![CDATA[Lorene Williams, 91, of Rock Falls, formerly of West Frankfort, passed away at 6:45 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009, at Coventry Living Center in Sterling.

She was born Nov. 20, 1918, in Saline County to Claride Sherfield and Bertha (Dunn) Sherfield.

Survivors include her sister, Mary Wright of Rock Falls; three stepchildren, Leon Williams and Merldean Williams of Fulton, Mo. and Jerry and Lowell Harris of Traverse City, Mich.; several grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews also survive.

She was preceded in death by her parents; first husband, John Kerley; her second husband, Odie Williams; five brothers; and two sisters.

Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Monday, Nov. 30, 2009, at the Parker-Reedy Funeral Home in West Frankfort. Burial will be in the East Fork Cemetery in West Frankfort. Visitation will be after 9 a.m. Monday at the funeral home.