Ratay-Johnstone Ancestors - Person Sheet
Ratay-Johnstone Ancestors - Person Sheet
NameAvanell HILT
Birth25 Nov 1912, Rantoul, Champaign County, Illinois
Death20 May 1989, Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois4193
Burial23 May 1989, Maplewood Cemetery, Rantoul, Illinois4193
OccupationMother of 2 children; owner Dixie Diner
Education4 yrs high school
Spouses
Birth26 Mar 1904, Pittsburgh, Allegany County, Pennsylvania4190,4191
DeathJul 19764191
BurialMaplewood Cemetery, Rantoul, Illinois4192
FatherDelbert Emileo DRINKWALTER (1872-1939)
MotherGertrude SCHMUCK (1879-1965)
Marriage9 May 1938, Warren County, Indiana4190
ChildrenBarbara Jo (1943-1983)
Obituary notes for Avanell HILT
The Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois), Sunday, 21 May 1989, p. 31
Avanell Williams
PAXTON – Avanell Drinkwalter Williams, 76, of Mahomet, formerly of Paxton, died at 2:15 a.m. yesterday (May 20, 1989) at Mercy Hospital, Urbana.

Her funeral will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Naugle Funeral Home, Paxton, the Rev. Keith Zimmerman officiating. Burial will e in Maplewood Cemetery, Rantoul.

Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.

She was born Nov. 25, 1912, at Dillsburg, a daughter of John W. And Effie Dover Hilt. She married Delbert Drinkwalter May 9, 1938 in Williamsport, Ind. He died July 12, 1976. She later married Wiley Williams Nov. 26, 1977 in Paxton. He survives.

Other survivors include a son, John Drinkwalter, Mahomet; and four grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a daughter.

Mrs. Williams operated restaurants in Fisher and Rantoul.

She was a member of the Mahomet Methodist Church and the National Association of Retired Federal Employees.

Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society.
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