Joan Williams, 83 PORTLAND -- Joan Williams, 83, died on March 12, 2013, in Portland. She is the widow of Roderick Alan Williams of Zimbabwe. Joan was predeceased by parents, Cecil Christian Christenson of Sweden and Johanna Susanna Odendaal of Zimbabwe. She is survived by sons, Alan Christian Williams (and partner, Mary T. Folsom) and Malcolm Roderick Williams (and wife, LyriaDawn Skjaeveland) of South Portland; and by sisters, Doreen (Gordon Charles) Ray of Pennsylvania and Mrs. Onia Potter of South Africa; and four nieces and three nephews. Those we love live on in our hearts forever.