John Mundy passed away in Tazewell, This is the full obituary story where you can express condolences and share memories. Services by Peery & St. Clair Funeral Home.
Shirley Williams was a model politician and human being The late Liberal Democrat had a special kind of star quality – a charisma based upon unrivalled grace and reasonableness. Shirley Williams stood out. I remember seeing her on the platform at that special Labour conference in January 1981. I was ten, and knew very little about the substance of what was unfolding, but I remember thinking how brave, lonely and pleasant she seemed in the midst of all that turmoil with Labour delegates berating, dismissing or pleading with her. When the Social Democratic Party was founded a few months later, it felt fresh and exciting and Shirley was the main reason that was so, because she exuded a special kind of star quality – a charisma based upon unrivalled grace and reasonableness. There was an approachable, honest ordinariness about Shirley which contrasted with the pompous flannel of others in political leadership. People liked the cut of Shirley Williams’s jib.