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August 12, 2009

Robert L. Williams Jr., 66, of McLean Street, Wilkes-Barre, passed from this life on Wednesday, August 12, 2009, at his home.
He was born in Wilkes-Barre, May 12, 1943, a son of the late Robert L. and Sarah Williams Sr. Robert attended G.A.R. Memorial High School and served with the U.S. Army Reserves.
Mr. Williams was self employed as a floor cover installer for many years and he was also employed at St. Nicholas-St. Mary’s Parochial School in Wilkes-Barre.
He was a member of St. Boniface Church in Wilkes-Barre and he was a member of its Holy Name Society. Bob, along with his wife, Cornelia, ran The Little Lambs Sunday Program at the Church for many years.
The most important things in Bob’s life were his family and his faith in Jesus as his Savior. For that reason we believe God decided it was time to reward his efforts in this life and love him face to face.
He was preceded in death by a brother, John J. Williams.
Surviving are his wife of 46 years, Cornelia Miller Williams; sons, Robert L. Williams III and his wife, Lorrie, Hanover Township, Neal J. Williams, Wilkes-Barre; daughters, Dorothy Brotzman and Bob, Wilkes-Barre; Wendy Brandt and her husband, John, Wilkes-Barre; Debra Weisgerber and her husband, Dean, Swoyersville; 15 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; sisters, Sally Mae Finarelli and her husband, Pete, Elephant Butte, N.M.; Nancy Mae Zavatoski and her husband, Tom, Camden, Del.; nieces and nephews.

Funeral service will be held Monday at 9 a.m. from the Nat & Gawlas Funeral Home, 89 Park Ave., Wilkes-Barre, with a Mass of Christian Burial to follow at 9:30 a.m. in St. Boniface Church, 225 Blackman St., Wilkes-Barre.
Interment will be in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Hanover Township. Friends may call on Sunday, from 2 to 5 p.m. at the funeral home.