Elizabeth Thresa Williams

1899 - 1974  (74 years)

• Name	Elizabeth Thresa Williams  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	19 Dec 1899	Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA
  Gender	Female
  Death	4 Feb 1974	Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA
  Burial	7 Feb 1974	Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA
  	Riverside Cemetery Riverside Cemetery
  Person ID	I5935	Branches and Roots
  Last Modified	13 Feb 2026

  
  

  Father	Fredrick Richard Williams,   b. Abt 1876, Ohio, USA d. 22 Dec 1957, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA (Age 81 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elizabeth Potts,   b. 29 Jan 1874, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA d. 8 Oct 1934, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA (Age 60 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F1634	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Harold Arthur Knecht,   b. 12 Oct 1896, Montpelier, Ohio d. 18 Apr 1976, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	1 Dec 1917	Montgomery, Alabama, USA
  Children	+ 1. Harold George Knecht,   b. 27 Oct 1918, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA d. 17 Jan 1983, Zephyrhills, Pasco, Florida, United States (Age 64 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 2. Elaine Elizabeth Knecht,   b. 7 Mar 1923, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA d. 28 Dec 2001, Lakewood, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA (Age 78 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 3. Lois Marie Knecht,   b. 15 Feb 1927, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA d. 8 Jan 1997, Euclid, Lorain, Ohio, USA (Age 69 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F1612	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Feb 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Cleveland Necrology File: Id#: 0580633 Name: Knecht, Elizabeth T. Date: ? 1974 Source: Plain Dealer; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #124. Notes: Knecht. Elizabeth T. Knecht (nee Williams), beloved wife of Harold, dear mother of Harold Jr., Elaine Stoyar, Lois Kinney, sister of Florence, Fannie Kekic, Ruth Ogden, the late Beatrice, Madden, Gertrude Kekelic, Charles and George, grandmother of 15, great-grandmother at 19. Funeral services will be held at the funeral home. Thursday, Feb. 7, at 11 a.m. Interment Riverside Cemetery. Friends may call at Berry's Funeral Home, 7200 Detroit. Ohio Deaths, 1958-2000: Name: Elizabe T Knecht Gender: Female Date of Death: 04 February 1974 Volume: 21587 Certificate: 008649 Autopsy: Unknown Marital Status: Married Place of Death: Lakewood, Cuyahoga County Certifier: Physician Race: White Residence: Lakewood, Cuyahoga County Age: 74 Years Social Security Death Index: Name: Elizabeth Knecht SSN: 290-20-1660 Last Residence: 44107 Lakewood, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States of America Born: 19 Dec 1899 Died: Feb 1974 State (Year) SSN issued: Ohio (Before 1951 )

  
  

• Sources

  [S243] Staff, News-Messenger, (Name: News-Messenger; Location: Fremont, Ohio, United States;), Obituary: Kekelik, Gertrude (Williams-Vargosick). Mrs. John Kekelik MARBLEHEAD - Mrs. Gertrude F. Kekelik, 59, wife of John Kekelik, 114 Clemons Street, died unexpectedly Thursday of a heart attack at her home, She had been employed at the New Departure Plant, Sandusky, for 16 years. Surviving with the husband, John are three daughters by a previous marriage. Mrs. Donald Elder and Miss Donna Mae Vargosick, Sandusky, and Mrs. Kenneth Olson, Wilminton; sisters, Mrs. Richard Ogden, Vickery; Mrs. Harold Knecht, Lakewood; Mrs. William Kekic, Cleveland; Miss Florence Williams, Cleveland; and brother Charles Williams, Bay Village. There are two grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, Fred and Elizabeth Potts Williams and her first husband. Friends may call at the Gerner and Wolf Funeral Home, Port Clinton, beginning Saturday at 7 p.m. Service will be held Monday at 11 a.m. in the funeral home. News-Messenger, Fremont, Ohio: 12APR1968 HFA: 18FEB2023 [S112] Plain Dealer, The, Cleveland, Ohio (online archive), Kinney, Lois M (Knecht). KINNEY Lois M. Kinney (nee Knecht) Passed away January 8, 1997. Loving mother of Francis, III; Laura Derrit (Nick), Judith Gillen (Andy), grandmother of eight, great grandmother of five; daughter of Harold and Elizabeth Knecht (both deceased), sister of Harold Knecht (deceased), and Elaine Stover. A Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, Jan. 11, 12 Noon at St. Augustine Manor Chapel, 7801 Detroit Ave., Cleveland 44102 Plain Dealer, The: 11JAN1997 Accessed: 21JAN2026 [S5] Cleveland Necrology File & News Index, (Name: Name: Cleveland Public Library; Location: Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States;;), Williams, Elizabeth [Potts]. Id#: 0392725 Name: Williams, Elizabeth Date: Oct 11 1934 Source: Source unknown; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #086. Williams: Elizabeth (nee Potts), Oct. 9, 1934, beloved wife of F. R., mother of Florence Badger, Elizabeth Knecht, Fannie Kehic, Beatrice Madden, Ruth Ogden, George, Charles and Gertrude Williams, suddenly at her residence, 1843 W. 54th Street. Funeral services from St. Patrick's Church, Thursday, Oct. 11, at 10 a. m. Cleveland Public Library: Cleveland Necrology File: Plain Dealer, The: 11OCT1934 Accessed: 25JAN2026