Robert "Bob" Williams was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana in 1923 to Simon Williams and Elleanoire Everett. He served in the army in WW2. During the war Bob was a Golden Gloves boxer (hence the golden gloves on his cremation urn). While on board a ship bound for Europe he got to box with Joe Lewis, one of the champs of his day. He said he lost badly, but it was an honor to get in the ring with the man.
Bob was married multiple times. The first marriage to Betty Beasley resulted in one child, a son Robert Jr. His second marriage to Effie Osborne, resulted in a daughters, Shirley Williams. His forth wife was Doris Stamper, there were no children from this marriage. The forth marriage to Betty Adams resulted in a daughter, Yvonne Williams.
Bob lived out the majority of his adult life in Dayton, Ohio. He grew up on Diamond Ave as a child living with his mother. As an adult he moved around a bit then bought a house on Harbine Ave. In the 1990s Robert fell and broke his hip. Afterwords he lived in the nursing home on Livingston Avenue until his death.
Bob was a lifetime smoker. He said his older brothers started him when he was 5 years old. It comes as no surprise that he died of lung cancer. He was diagnosed with cancer just 3 days before his death. The nursing home thought he had pneumonia and he was transported to the hospital. His diagnosis only came after he'd entered into a coma from which he never woke. He spent his last few days at Hospice of Dayton surrounded by his loved ones.
Bob was married multiple times. The first marriage to Betty Beasley resulted in one child, a son Robert Jr. His second marriage to Effie Osborne, resulted in a daughters, Shirley Williams. His forth wife was Doris Stamper, there were no children from this marriage. The forth marriage to Betty Adams resulted in a daughter, Yvonne Williams.
Bob lived out the majority of his adult life in Dayton, Ohio. He grew up on Diamond Ave as a child living with his mother. As an adult he moved around a bit then bought a house on Harbine Ave. In the 1990s Robert fell and broke his hip. Afterwords he lived in the nursing home on Livingston Avenue until his death.
Bob was a lifetime smoker. He said his older brothers started him when he was 5 years old. It comes as no surprise that he died of lung cancer. He was diagnosed with cancer just 3 days before his death. The nursing home thought he had pneumonia and he was transported to the hospital. His diagnosis only came after he'd entered into a coma from which he never woke. He spent his last few days at Hospice of Dayton surrounded by his loved ones.
Robert "Bob" Williams was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana in 1923 to Simon Williams and Elleanoire Everett. He served in the army in WW2. During the war Bob was a Golden Gloves boxer (hence the golden gloves on his cremation urn). While on board a ship bound for Europe he got to box with Joe Lewis, one of the champs of his day. He said he lost badly, but it was an honor to get in the ring with the man.
Bob was married multiple times. The first marriage to Betty Beasley resulted in one child, a son Robert Jr. His second marriage to Effie Osborne, resulted in a daughters, Shirley Williams. His forth wife was Doris Stamper, there were no children from this marriage. The forth marriage to Betty Adams resulted in a daughter, Yvonne Williams.
Bob lived out the majority of his adult life in Dayton, Ohio. He grew up on Diamond Ave as a child living with his mother. As an adult he moved around a bit then bought a house on Harbine Ave. In the 1990s Robert fell and broke his hip. Afterwords he lived in the nursing home on Livingston Avenue until his death.
Bob was a lifetime smoker. He said his older brothers started him when he was 5 years old. It comes as no surprise that he died of lung cancer. He was diagnosed with cancer just 3 days before his death. The nursing home thought he had pneumonia and he was transported to the hospital. His diagnosis only came after he'd entered into a coma from which he never woke. He spent his last few days at Hospice of Dayton surrounded by his loved ones.
Bob was married multiple times. The first marriage to Betty Beasley resulted in one child, a son Robert Jr. His second marriage to Effie Osborne, resulted in a daughters, Shirley Williams. His forth wife was Doris Stamper, there were no children from this marriage. The forth marriage to Betty Adams resulted in a daughter, Yvonne Williams.
Bob lived out the majority of his adult life in Dayton, Ohio. He grew up on Diamond Ave as a child living with his mother. As an adult he moved around a bit then bought a house on Harbine Ave. In the 1990s Robert fell and broke his hip. Afterwords he lived in the nursing home on Livingston Avenue until his death.
Bob was a lifetime smoker. He said his older brothers started him when he was 5 years old. It comes as no surprise that he died of lung cancer. He was diagnosed with cancer just 3 days before his death. The nursing home thought he had pneumonia and he was transported to the hospital. His diagnosis only came after he'd entered into a coma from which he never woke. He spent his last few days at Hospice of Dayton surrounded by his loved ones.
Bio by: Yvonne Williams
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