Background
Williams, Beryle Lou was born on July 13, 1930 in Grafton, Iowa, United States. Daughter of Ezra and Maybelle E. (Thompson) Wood.
Williams, Beryle Lou was born on July 13, 1930 in Grafton, Iowa, United States. Daughter of Ezra and Maybelle E. (Thompson) Wood.
Student, Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa, 1950-1953; student, Hamline U., 1980-1982.
Admissions secretary, Cornell College, 1953-1954; clerk, Prudential Insurance Company, Denver, 1954-1955; office manager, American Water Resources Association, Minneapolis, 1974-1979; office manager, Zack Johnson & Associations, St. Paul, 1979-1983; conversational English teacher, Beijing U., 1983-1984; book review editor, columnist, Minnesota Women's Press, St. Paul, 1984-1991; freelance writer, photographer, Estes Park, Colorado, since 1992. Member awards committee The Loft, Minneapolis, 1984-1987. Guest poet, critic variousorgns., schools, since 1969.
Assistant coordinator Poetry Under the Architect program Hamline University, St. Paul, 1974-1981. Volunteer teacher St. Paul Public Schools, 1970-1973. Vice president St. Anthony Park Arts Forum, St. Paul, 1979-1982.
Danforth associate Danforth Foundation, St. Louis, 1965-1978. Board directors Minnesota Literature, St. Paul, 1982-1989. Member Friends of Estes Park Library., Inc., Art Center of Estes Park, Estes Park Prose Writers (founder), Estes Park Poets (founder).
Married William Vincent Williams, September 6, 1953. Children: Michael Alan, Donald Paul, Blythe Anne, Jeffrey Brian.