Honoring industry leaders

Memorial Scholarships & Grants

Special scholarships and grants managed by WAEF honor the visionary leaders and dedicated members that shaped the tree fruit industry. These award funds are established by family members, industry organizations, peers and friends of our former leaders.

Garry S. Williams

1953 - 2008

Garry S. Williams, 54, of East Wenatchee, died Saturday, Jan. 19, 2008. He was a longtime East Wenatchee resident. He was a truck driver with his father, worked for the Department of Agriculture and was in management in the fruit industry in the Wenatchee Valley.

Survivors include his wife, Lorena Williams of East Wenatchee; his children, Oscar Label, Mitchell Williams and Stephanie Label, all of East Wenatchee, Thomas Williams of Cheney and Simone Hagge of Wenatchee; his mother, Eula Williams of East Wenatchee; and his sister, Mary Francis Ford of Arkansas.

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A memorial that keeps working

Families, companies and colleagues have been establishing these funds with WAEF for more than thirty years. A memorial fund sends a student to school every year, in the name of someone who spent their life in this industry.

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