Retirement and Death
Williams left the Court on January 1, 1987, and died the following year in Detroit at the age of 76, just three weeks before his birthday. He was temporarily entombed at Evergreen Cemetery in Detroit and there was a formal military funeral for him. After winter his remains were interred at the Protestant Cemetery on Mackinac Island.
During his life Williams had been a member of the Order of the Coif, the Grange, Americans for Democratic Action, United World Federalists, American Legion, AMVETS, Sons of the American Revolution, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Freemasons, Eagles, Elks, Moose International, AHEPA, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Delta Phi, and Phi Gamma Delta.
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