Dorothy Riedy Williams, 83

CHESTERTOWN, Md. - Dorothy Riedy Williams of Chestertown died Thursday, Feb. 15, 2007, after a short stay in Chester River Manor from complications of leukemia. She was 83.

Mrs. Williams was born in 1923 in Monogah, W.Va., the youngest daughter of James A. Riedy, M.D., of Pennsylvania and Maude C. Noble of the Eastern Shore.

She attended public school in Preston from 1931 to 1936. The family relocated to Kent County in fall 1937 and resided in Chestertown.

Mrs. Williams was a 1940 graduate of Chestertown High School. She entered Washington College where she concentrated on English and German studies. She was a member of Alpha Chi Omega sorority and also played intramural sports before graduating in 1944.

After graduation, she lived and worked in Chestertown for several years. She was employed as a personal assistant for Mr. Clark W. Grieb in his real estate and property management business. In this regard, she participated in estate sales or farm management business in Kent County.

During the late 1930s and 1940s, Mrs. Williams had an active social life with both family and friends. She enjoyed playing bridge and attending sailing regattas with her brother, Wilson Riedy. She met Judson T. Williams Jr., son of Geraldine Vickers Wilmer, who also sailed and was a fellow student at Washington College. They were married in Talbot County in August 1949.

Mr. and Mrs. Williams settled in Bethesda in the early 1950s where she was a homemaker for her husband and two sons. In addition to her family responsibilities, she served as an election judge in Montgomery County for many years, was a member of Welcome Wagon and played in several bridge clubs. She and her family also spent many weekends and holidays in Chestertown with her mother and her in laws.

In the early 1970s they purchased property on Water Street and upon her husband's retirement in 1986, she was again a full-time resident of Chestertown. In addition to playing bridge, she was active in gardening, served as a docent on several historic house tours, and was a longtime member of Old St. Paul's Church.

She is survived by two sons and two daughters-in-law, Judson T. III and Shirley Williams and their two children, all of North Potomac, William Noble and Darlene Williams of Houston, Texas; and many nieces and nephews.

Memorial services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday, in Old St. Paul's Church in Kent County, Md.

Burial immediately following in St. Paul's Cemetery.

Instead of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions to Old St. Paul's Church, 7579 Sandy Bottom Road, Chestertown, MD, 21620; or Chester River Hospital Center, 100 Brown St., Chestertown, MD 21620.

Arrangements by Fellows, Helfenbein and Newman Funeral Home, Chestertown.