Joseph Alan Williamson, age 76, Avon, passed away Thursday morning at Hendricks Regional Health. Born April 29, 1945 in Ontario, Oregon, he was the son of William J. Williamson and Gladys V. (Branstetter) Williamson. Joseph graduated from Amo High School in 1964 and Purdue in 1969. He worked in Forestry and then went to work at Citizens Gas Company where he retired from. Survivors includes his mother, brother William Williamson and wife Marie, Zionsville; nieces and nephews, Kimberly Decker, Coatesville, Jerry Decker and wife Amy, Coatesville, Jennifer Hyslop and husband Jim, Bozeman, MT, and Ross Williamson and wife Erin, Remington, IN; 6 great nieces and nephews. His dad and a sister Judy Brown preceded him. There are no services scheduled. Cremation is scheduled and inurnment will be at a later date in the Grandview Cemetery in Lafayette Indiana.