LOTTIE MARIE WILLIAMS Bismarck, ND

Mass of Christian Burial for Lottie Williams, 57, of Bismarck, ND, formerly of Hettinger, ND will be Saturday, February 26, 2005 at 10:30 a.m. at the Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Hettinger. Fr. John Mathai will officiate and burial will follow at the Hettinger Cemetery. Visitations will be from 1:00 to 6:00 p.m. Friday, Feb. 25, at the Evanson Jensen Funeral Home in Hettinger and one hour prior to the service at the church on Saturday morning. A Wake Service will be at 8:00 p.m. Friday evening at the Church.

Lottie was born in Mott, ND on February 25, 1947 to Edward Hochhalter and Mary (Wolf) Hochhalter. She was raised in Bowman, ND, where she graduated from Bowman High School in 1965. Lottie attended beauty college in California for a short time, and then graduated from Josef's School of Hair Design in Bismarck, ND.

Lottie was united in marriage to Thomas D. Williams on April 27, 1970 in Bowman. In the early years of their marriage they lived in Lakin, Kansas, where their daughter Stacy Lynn was born. In 1973 they returned to Bowman, and later lived in Grand Forks and Hettinger before moving to Bismarck in 1990. While living in Bismarck, Lottie managed the Naturalizer Shoe Store in Kirkwood Mall for 12 years. For the past two years she worked as a salesperson for Fleck's Furniture in Bismarck, before her illness prevented her from working any longer.

Lottie passed away peacefully in her sleep on Sunday, February 20, 2005, after a long and courageous battle with lung cancer. She would have been 58 years old on her birthday.

Lottie was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and daughter. She dearly loved her grandchildren, Dylan and Kayla, and cherished the time she spent with them. Lottie enjoyed gardening, crafts, her exercise group, her bunko club, and participating in activities with her friends in Newcomers Club. Lottie especially enjoyed her time with her special friends Marge McLaughlin and Caroleene Jorgenson.

Grateful for having shared her life are her husband, Tom Williams, of Bismarck, ND; her mother, Mary Hochhalter, of Bowman, ND; her daughter, Stacy and husband Kenny Chadwick and her grandchildren, Dylan and Kayla Chadwick, all of Hettinger, ND; brothers, Dale and wife Marcia Hochhalter, of Bowman, ND and Alan and wife Kim Hochhalter, of Fargo, ND and numerous other family members and many friends. Lottie was preceded in death by her father, Edward Hochhalter.

Memorials are preferred by the family and will be distributed to the North Dakota Lions Eye Bank, the American Cancer Society, the National Multiple Sclerosis Foundation and the Juvenile Diabetes Association.