UPPER LAKE, Calif. — Thurston Williams, born William G. Williams III on July 21, 1948, passed away peacefully on June 28, 2025, in his home at Upper Lake, California with his spouse Annelle and his two children, Artec and Kyla, by his side. 

He graduated from UC San Diego and received a Master’s in Philosophy at San Francisco State University. 

During the late 1960s and early 1970s he was active in the anti-war movement and as a socialist. 

He worked as a bus driver in San Francisco, an English teacher in Japan, and a high school physics teacher back in San Francisco before finding his way to being an organic farmer. 

He met the love of his life, Annelle Durham, in 1978. They moved to Lake County in 1992 with their two children, Artec and Kyla Durham, and started farming at Clover Creek Family Farm. He started with four acres of vegetables, then added a vineyard and wheat. 

He will be remembered for his wit, his intelligence, and his amazing ability to keep the oldest of things running.

He is survived by Annelle, Artec, Kyla, and his two sisters, Barbara Roth and JoAnn Angevine.