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Daniel William's Obituary
By: Joe Rivet
Daniel Williams, 52, of 48 Cross St. Lyndonville VT., died tragically in a gardening accident on sept. 5, 2009. He was walking through his garden when he tripped over a vine, the vine got tangled around his throat and chocked him to death.
During his life, Mr. Williams was born on Oct. 26, 1956 in Berwyn IL. His parents were Mary and James Williams. Daniel attended Kansas University and obtained his Bachelors degree in 1977, and the began to work for a newspaper called the Examiner Enterprise in Bartlesville, OK. Daniel later went on to Ohio State University for a master's degree.
After he was finished with schoool Mr. Williams went to work at another newspaper in Oklahoma named the Oklahoma journal. But that did not last long as the paper folded shortly after he began working for it. When the Oklahoma journal folded, Mr. Williams went to the United Press International and in 1982, he traveled to Germany for broadcast journalism in radio free Europe. After radio free Europe, Mr. Williams went to work for CNN. There he rose through the ranks and became editorial director which was the position he held when he left CNN. Mr. Williams began teaching at Samford College after he left CNN and only recently had begun teaching at Lyndon State College before his accident. He had also been a proud member of College-Media-Advisers for four years as well as a one-year member of Associations for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
Dan Leaves behind his loving family including his wife Susan, his childran named Gretchen, Martin and James. Daniel's mother pre-deceased him, but Daniel also leaves behind his Father James as well as his Louis and two cats. Mr. Williams will never be able to enjoy his various hobbies which included gardening and cooking. As a result of his untimely death, Lyndon State College has implemented a new scholarship for Journalism students named the Williams Journalism scholarship which will undoubtebly help many students through college. In addition, new weed spray has surfaced on the market designed specifically to eliminate the types of vines Mr. Williams was killed by.
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Joe, you nailed all of the facts but one: It's Kansas State University instead of Kansas University (the two are rivals).
ReplyDeleteStyle issues: avoid characterizing a death as tragic or untimely, or a family as loving (but it's great to include quotes from other people who say that).
Capitalize proper nouns: Sept., Oklahoma Journal, Radio Free Europe.
State abbreviations: Ill., Okla.
bachelor's degree is lower case and gets an apostophe.
It would be Williams' obituary rather than William's obituary (the S at the end of my name can make possessives confusing).
After introducing a person by his full name, use his last name on subsequent references (rather than his first name).