Background
Williams was born in New York to Doctor Richard Derby and Ethel Carow Roosevelt.
Williams was born in New York to Doctor Richard Derby and Ethel Carow Roosevelt.
Edith Roosevelt Derby was the second child of Doctor and Derby and the eldest daughter. She was actively involved in Republican politics and addressed the 1960 Republican National Convention, seconding the nomination of Richard Nixon. Later she founded the Vashon Island Health Center.
Foreign forty years she was the Republican Committeewoman for the state of Washington.
In 1975 Williams was named to the Board of Trustees for the University of Washington where she served until 1981. Williams was also recognised for her work in behalf of conservation and promoting a healthier environment by reducing pollution.
After World World War II in 1946, the family moved to Washington State and settled in the Seattle area. The Williams had three children, Andrew Murray, Junior.
(1942–2004), Richard Derby (born 1944) and Sarah Gilmore (born 1948).
At 90 years, 356 days, Williams died on June 8, 2008 after breaking her hip at her Vashon Island, Washington home. She lived more years than any of Theodore Roosevelt"s grandchildren. Funeral services were held June 15 at the Church of the Holy Spirit-Episcopal, Vashon, and she was buried there at the churchyard.
Not unlike many members of her nationally prominent family, she took her civic responsibilities seriously.