Buelah Williams

Buelah Mae "Bea" Williams, 84, of Chippewa Falls, died Monday, October 25, 2010 at Ellsworth Care Center in Ellsworth.

She was born March 4, 1926 in St. Paul, Minn. to Gladys Smith and Webster Hoyt. Bea grew up in Eau Galle and graduated from Elmwood High School in 1942.

Bea married Nels Oie in 1944, and to their union were born two children, Ken and Karen. The couple later divorced.

She married Donald E. Williams in 1965 in Eau Claire. They moved to Lake Holcombe in 1967 and lived in the home that they built themselves. Bea worked as a cook at Lake Holcombe High School for many years.