Donald H. (Peterson) Williams Donald H. (Peterson) Williams

Williams, Donald H. (nee Peterson) passed away on 9/22, with his daughters at his side, seconds after his beloved Vikings trounced the Raiders. Don was born in Minneapolis, graduated from Edison High School in 1948, and never missed a class reunion. He served in the Coast Guard during the Korean War before attending the University of Minnesota to study Engineering. Don was a software engineer for Control Data Corporation most of his career, and relocated to Silicon Valley in 1969. He was fortunate that his time in retirement equalled that of his 30+ year career. Donald is preceded in death by his wife of 64 years, Barbara, who left us in June, and his siblings Maril, Marilyn and Nancy. He is survived by his daughters Dawn Murphy, Nanci Williams and Julie Donnellan; son-in-law Greg Donnellan; brothers Brian and Bruce Peterson; grandchildren Kelsey and Tyler Donnellan, Jack Murphy, Kaitlin Moore, Ben, Nate and Travis Orloff. Memorial Services will be held at Hillside Memorial Chapel on Saturday, 10/26 at 11 a.m., followed by lunch at Jax Cafe.