Michael Leon Williams, age 69, passed away on June 25, 2026, proud United States Navy Veteran and beloved husband, father, and grandfather. Mike was born on November 13, 1956, in Oakland, CA to Vernon Leon and Betty Jean (Ayers) Williams. He married Linda Anderson on May 24, 2022 in Nevada, MO and she survives of the home.
Mike grew up in the Lee’s Summit – Kansas City area and graduated from Lee’s Summit High School. After graduation, Mike went to the Navy, proudly serving on the Mount Vernon LSD39 from 1974 to 1978 as a BT3. While serving, it left him with lifelong friendships with his fellow sailors and a forever love and respect for his miliary brothers. After leaving the Navy, he returned home and settled in Denver, CO. He married and started a family. Mike was a loving family man, hard worker and dependable man with the biggest of hearts. He loved working with wood projects, fixing and building stuff in his garage, and telling stories of life memories. Mike deeply loved his children and grandchildren and family. He is deeply missed and loved. He leaves behind more than memories--he leaves behind an example of what it means to live with integrity, to love without condition, and to always put others before yourself. By every measure that truly matters, he defined what it means to be a good man.
Mike is survived by his wife, Linda; children, James Williams, Erica Chianelli, Denver, CO, Jesse Creasey, Denver CO, Isaac Lucero, CO, Alyssa Greene, Ft. Scott, KS and Trevor Anderson and his wife Courtney, Eudora, KS; eight grandchildren that he loved and adored; two brothers, Steven Defluiter and Jack Defluiter; and a sister, Robin Tucker. He was preceded in death by a brother, Gary Defluiter.
Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m. Monday, July 6, 2026, at Ferry Funeral Home in Nevada, MO with burial to follow at 12:30 p.m. in Fort Scott National Cemetery, Ft. Scott, KS. The family will receive friends from 10:30-11:00 a.m. on Monday, prior to the funeral service.
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