Cheryl Arleen Williamson

Honolulu, HI ? While the Hawaiian Trade Winds blew and the waves lapped the shore on Waikiki Beach, Cheryl Arleen Gaines Williamson, 58, of 2421 Ala Wai Boulevard, Honolulu, HI, formerly of 269 Madeline Avenue, Woonsocket, RI, holding her beloved husbands hand passed from this life on Tuesday, December 19, 2006 in Honolulu. She was the wife of Kenneth E. Williamson. Born in Newport, RI, on April 21, 1948, she was the daughter of Hazel B. Greene Gaines of Newport, RI, and the late Robert B. Gaines.Besides her husband of 35 years and her mother, she is survived by three brothers Robert B. Gaines of Middletown, RI, Wayne B. Gaines of Newport, RI, and Brett Gaines of Newport, RI, a niece Tamara Bernard and a nephew Douglas Bernard both of Quincy, MA, her father in law Frederick C. Williamson Sr.of Providence, RI, and her brother in laws Frederick ?Rick? Williamson Jr. of Providence, RI, and Wilbert ?Skip? Bernard of New Hampshire. She was also the sister of the late Judy Bernard.In addition to her immediate family she leaves several aunts, uncles, cousins, and Godchildren whom she loved very much. Cheryl also leaves a legacy of former students and student teachers to whom she devoted an overwhelming amount of energy and time Cheryl graduated from RIC with a BS in Special Education. She had taught school for one year in Newport and thirty five years in Pawtucket. For many years, Cheryl was an educator mentor and trainer for graduating student educators attending RIC and Roger Williams University. She was a member of the Local 930 American Federation of Teachers and the Pawtucket Teachers Alliance AFL-CIO. She had served at the Rhode Island Geography Education Alliance Teacher Consultant. Cheryl was accepted into Five College Center for East Asian Studies at Smith College in Massachusetts, and Japan Studies Leadership Program. She had studied at Smith College and her curriculum in published online. She also attended the University of Washington at Seattle, WA, East Asian Studies and the University of Colorado at Boulder East Asian Languages and Civilizations. She had been the recipient of the Hina Matsuri Cultural Exchange Dolls. She was a Fulbright Memorial Fund Educational Ambassador to Japan. She also attended the East-West Center, Honolulu, HI. Cheryl had been a long time volunteer educator consultant to the Pawtucket Childrens Museum which has been relocated and renamed Providence Childrens Museum. She had also served as an educator consultant/developer working with the Pawtucket Historical Society developing a traveling educational unit K-6 This is our City.? Her funeral will be held on Saturday, December 30, 2006, at 10:00 a.m. in Emmanuel Church, 42 Dearborn Street, Newport.Cheryl?s ashes will be scattered at her favorite beach in Hawaii by her husband in a private ceremony.Calling hours will be held Friday, December 29, 2006, from 4-8 p.m. in the Memorial Funeral Home, 375 Broadway, Newport. Memorial donations may be made to the American Cancer Society, 931 Jefferson Boulevard, Suite 3004, Warwick, RI, 02886, or to the American Lung Association, 298 West Exchange Street, Providence, RI, 02903.