Anna T. Williams

Anna T. Williams, 93, passed away peacefully at home on February 22, 2025 after a period of declining health. She was surrounded by her loving family, her team of compassionate caregivers and her encouraging and supportive friends. 

Anna Lillian (Rogler) (Tarr) Williams was born September 27, 1931, in Manchester, NH the daughter of Ella D. (Sawtell) and Clarence H. Rogler. She spent her early years in Manchester then moved with her family to Grasmere Village. There she attended school at the Grange Hall, later graduating from Goffstown High School in 1950. During those years she enjoyed spending time with her sister Emily and lifelong friend Mary Holt. In 1951 Anna married her high school sweetheart, James J. Tarr. She began her married life in CA, raising their 3 children in NC, TN and KY before returning to NH in 1968. They were married 20 yrs. before Jim passed away in 1971. Anna met Floyd W. Williams Jr. at a dance and they married in 1978. They enjoyed 25 yrs. of marriage during which they had many travel adventures, but what they loved the most was spending time with their friends and extended family.

Throughout her life Anna worked at many places including Woolworths on Elm St. as a teenager and in the cafeteria at Bartlett Elementary while her children were growing up. Anna enjoyed exploring NH, visiting the Old Man of the Mountain and the lakes region with her sister Emily, her mother Ella and other family members. She sometimes spent winters on the FL Gulf coast enjoying the warmer weather with her brother Tom, his wife Lena and Anna’s sister in law Beverly. Anna and her sister in law Louise also spent some time traveling in AZ and exploring the southwest. As a member of the NH State Button Society and Amoskeag Button Club, Anna looked forward to the east coast button conventions. She was a long time member of the TOPS organization and later was a KOPS Alumni. Anna loved square dancing, ballroom dancing and line dancing; she liked to laugh and enjoyed dining out, making friends everywhere she went. She had fun with the "Mall Walkers", the Tuesday Knitting Group and with the ladies at Kings Bowling Lanes. When younger, Anna loved to walk outdoors and also cross country skied in Dunbarton and at Bretton Woods. 

Anna loved crafting, especially making the Christmas decorations with her family, she liked salsa making, chair caning, craft fairs and yard sales. Anna liked to meet family and friends at church events, picnics, band concerts in the park and parades. At home she enjoyed sitting on her screened porch watching for birds and other wildlife, doing word search and telephoning friends. In recent years her favorite pastime was working on jigsaw puzzles with her son Jim.

Anna truly enjoyed living near to her grandchildren and great grandchildren. She loved to host sleepovers and make Jell-O with the kids. Anna looked forward to their visits and always made time to play, listen or just be together. 

In addition to her parents, Anna is predeceased by her brother William C. Rogler; her first husband, James J. Tarr; her second husband Floyd W. Williams Jr.; her daughter in law Judith M. Tarr and her grandson James J. Tarr.

Anna is lovingly remembered by her sister, Emily Chalogias of Manchester, NH; her brother Thomas Rogler and his wife Lena of Manchester, NH; her son James Tarr of Goffstown, NH; her daughters Wendy Morris and her husband Christopher of Port Charlotte, FL; Holly Walsh and her husband Mark of Goffstown, NH; Her granddaughters Sarah Raymond and her husband Rob of Weare, NH; Heather Preston and her husband Ethan of New Boston, NH; Her great grandchildren Samantha Grenier; Brandon and his wife Allison, Laney and Reid Preston; Lyla and Grant Raymond. Anna is also survived by several Brothers and Sisters in Law along with numerous and much loved Nieces and Nephews residing throughout the country.

Anna’s family would like to thank the many kind and dedicated caregivers and providers who helped in her later years. Most recently BIA of NH, Easter Seals of NH, 360/SHS, Eminence, Hillsborough County Nursing Home and the VNA of Manchester and Southern NH/Hospice.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in her memory to eastersealsnh.org or www.stjude.org.

Services will be held on Tuesday, March 4th at French and Rising Funeral Home, 17 S. Mast St., Goffstown, NH. Visitation will take place from 10AM-11:30AM with a Memorial Service at 11:30AM.

Burial will take place in the spring.