Irene Montez Williams

February 19, 1944 - November 21, 2021

Irene Montez Williams was born in Washington, DC on February 19, 1944 to the late Wilbert J. Williams and Sarah E. Jackson Williams. She is preceded in death by her oldest sister Helena V. Williams Mitchell and younger sister Joyce Williams Anderson. She was the third child of seven and was affectionately called “Monty" by family and friends. She learned of the Lord early in life along with her siblings from a God fearing mother who took them to church two to three times a week. Sunday school/church on Sundays, Bible studies twice during the week. She was baptized both at Florida Avenue Baptist Church and Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church. Given the opportunity to choose she converted to Catholicism and was confirmed at Saint Martins' Catholic Church searching to know more of the Lord. She attended there until she graduated high school. c During her childhood Irene was always the child to volunteer to run errands or do a chore for a small fee into which developed her habit of ”saving for a rainy day” and learning that enough pennies could make a dollar. After completing homework and chores around the house, Irene would spend every free moment she could at the movie theater, visiting museums, going to the Main City Library. She was pretty much a “loner" in her quest for knowledge. She was educated in the public school system and graduated from Dunbar Senior High School. After graduation and without missing a beat she forged ahead for employment. She was employed in various jobs around the DMV metropolitan area before obtaining the job that suited her and would become her career. The United States Postal Service was the place that became her home away from home. She became an avid reader collecting books on many subjects and created a wonderful home library. Irene discovered she also enjoyed capturing images of people, objects and landscapes with her many cameras. She took several courses in photography and developed a keen eye to capture the true beauty in any subject. She became a excellent photographer and would always have two cameras with her at all times for just in case. Irene came across as being tough and out-spoken. But once you got to know her she was sweet, kind and gentle. After forty-five years of postal service Irene reluctantly retired from the job she enjoyed so much because she was losing her sight. She leaves to cherish her memory her only son Michael Williams; her only brother Wilbert Williams; three sisters; Sarah McCullough, Rosa Bullock, Sandra Williams and a host of cousins, nephews and nieces.