This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Williams, Cruz, Waugh Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UW.2ADI/2013 Message Board Post: Mark Edward Williams Mark Edward Williams, a San Francisco resident who had grown up in Half Moon Bay, died Nov. 4 at age 38. Mr. Williams was born in San Mateo but grew up in Half Moon Bay. Around age 17, he relocated to the Santa Cruz and Monterey area. He settled in San Francisco about eight years ago, dividing his time between the city and Acampo, Calif., near Lodi, where his parents lived on a ranch. He would visit them every weekend. "He'd come up and help his dad" with the ranch work, said his mother, Darlene Williams. "He was very quiet, kind of shy. He was very kind." "He was quiet but he'd do things for you without you knowing it until later," said Mr. Williams' sister, Debbie Cruz of San Carlos. "He was very subtle in the things he did." Mr. Williams worked as a full-time house painter and had been taking art and math classes at Skyline College. He loved his dog, a pit bull mix named "Gordo," which he'd had since Gordo was six weeks old and which his sister described as "a big baby." Mr. Williams is survived by his parents, Ed and Darlene Williams of Acampo, his sister Debbie Cruz of San Carlos, his grandparents Bob and Alice Waugh of Sunnyvale, numerous aunts, uncles, cousins and his dog Gordo. Friends and family are invited to a memorial service scheduled at 2 p.m. this Sunday, Dec. 5, at the White Oaks Chapel at 1696 El Camino Real in San Carlos. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to Forte Help, 915 Bryant St., San Francisco, CA 94103. Wednesday, December 1, 2004 Half Moon Bay Review and Pescadero Pebble