Kathryn Theresa Williams, 85, of Williamsburg, VA passed away peacefully on Oct 16, 2026.
She was born in Dover New Jersey and grew up in Kenvil, New Jersey. She graduated from Roxbury High School and Wilfred Beauty Academy in Newark, New Jersey, where she gained the nickname “Casey”. She met her husband of 13 years, settled down in Budd Lake, New Jersey and raised four beautiful children.
Once a proud member of the Budd Lake Ladies Auxiliary, Kathryn valued community and friendship. She had a gift of being inquisitive and ready to have a conversation with anyone. You may have started out as a stranger but you quickly became a friend. Kathryn was affectionately known to her children’s friends as “ Mom McGlock”. She was also a vivacious reader, always ready to lose herself in a good book. She loved to dance and the jitter bug was her favorite.
She changed her career path to managing a pharmacy in Morristown, New Jersey before deciding she belonged back in the hair industry and became a barber where she worked for Jack’s Scissor Whiz in Hackettstown, New Jersey.
In 2004, Kathryn moved to Williamsburg, Virginia, to live with her daughter, Kimberly, her son-in-law, Mario, and their four daughters, Gabrielle, Adrienna, Jacqueline, and Izabel. She was a devoted mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend. She had the greatest pride in her grandchildren’s accomplishments and grow into loving caring people raising families of their own.
Kathyrn is survived by her daughter, Kimberly Rente, her husband, Mario Rente, Jr.; son, Robert McLaughlin, and wife, Diane; son, Christopher McLaughlin and brother Joseph Williams. She also leaves behind 12 cherished grandchildren, 5 beloved great-grandchildren and countless nieces and nephews whom she also enjoyed talking with and listening to every detail of their lives.
She was predeceased by her beloved son, Shawn McLaughlin; her mother, Bertha Williams (Fritz); her father, A. George Williams; her sisters, Yvonne McPherson and Sandra Schmidt; and her brother, John Williams.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks for donations be made to the Alzheimer’s Association or Ronald McDonald house.
