Gertrude Lorraine Williams

Gertrude "Trudy" Lorraine Lamontagne Davison Williams Trudy Williams passed away peacefully in her Ferndale home at the age of ninety on Thanksgiving Day. Trudy was born to Elzar and Eva Lamontagne in Fall River, MA on October 24, 1924. She attended Saint Anne's Catholic School until her family moved to Westerly, Rhode Island in 1934. She married Arthur Davison in 1942 and they had three children Charles, Brenda and Susan. Upon her husband's death in 1958 she and the children moved to Monrovia, California where she worked for many years and raised her family. In 1973 she moved to Ferndale, CA where she lived with her son Charlie and daughter-in-law Shelton and worked in their store Ferndale Candy and More. In 1975 Trudy took over the store and moved it across the street where it became known as Trudy's Sweets and Treats. The candy store became a popular business stop for tourist and Ferndale's young and old alike. She managed and ran the store for nearly forty years and in 2012 she retired. The years she spent in the store were her life and she loved each child and adult who passed through the door, and they loved Trudy! Many knew her as the Wonderful Candy Lady. She will be missed by all those whose lives she touched. She was preceded in death by her parents Elzear and Eva Lamontagne; her sisters Lorretta Blake and Jeanette Pettengill; her brothers George, Norman and Dr. Raymond Lamontagne; husbands Aurther Davison and Donald Williams; daughter Brenda Davison Martinez; grandson Eddie Lane and great-grandson Noah James Sullivan. She is survived by her son Charles and his wife Shelton Davison and her daughter Susan Davison; grandchildren Robyn Petrusha and her husband Chuck, Wendy Davison, Betsy Davison and her fiance Earl Ambrosini, David Luther Davison, David Davison and his wife Anna, and Courtney Davison; her beloved sister-in-law Florence Lamontagne; nephew Norman Lamontagne; nieces Carol Jones and Lorraine Bartoshevich; her great-grandchildren Skye Davison and partner Tyler White, Harrison Dermksian and partner Mary Gipson, Ben Davison, Morgan, Connor and Logan Petrusha, Jordan and Dakota Sullivan, Riley Mackintosh, Linda Martinez, Emmitt and Nolan Davison and great-great-grandson Azaria Davison. The family wishes to thank the community of Ferndale for their love and support of our Nana over the years, and especially Ferndale Senior Resources, Mary Ann Bansen and Nancy Woodward her caregiver. Memorial donations can be made to the Ferndale Museum. A Memorial Service is being planned for January 17, 2015 in Ferndale.

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