Robin Williams

Robin R. Williams, 69, of Mountain Top, passed away Saturday evening, Nov. 8, 2025, at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, following the progression of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).

Born Nov. 9, 1955, in Carbondale, she was the daughter of the late Duane and Edna Doney Olver. Robin graduated from Honesdale High School, Class of 1973, and received a degree in Medical Technology from Broome County Community College, Binghamton, N.Y.

Robin began her career at Wayne Memorial Hospital, Honesdale, as a laboratory technician for five years. She began employment with the American Red Cross, Hanover Township, where she was a Laboratory Technician and later manager of quality, with a total of 32 years. She was last employed by CSL Plasma in Wilkes-Barre as an assistant manager of quality, retiring in 2024. Robin was a member of the ASQ (American Society for Quality) and a certified professional, as well as a member of the American Society of Clinical Pathology.

She and her late husband, Dale Williams, were active members of First Presbyterian Church of Nanticoke, where Robin served as their lay pastor until her passing.

Her husband, Dale, passed away Jan. 8, 2019, following 39 years of marriage. In addtion to her parents, she was also preceded by her stepmother, Shirley Olver; a sister-in-law, Catherine Olver; and an infant niece, Rosemary Olver.

Surviving are a brother, Stuart Olver, of Pittston; nephew, Jeffrey Olver, of Texas; niece, Maryann Lang and husband, Jonathan, of Nanticoke; great-nephew, McCoy Lang; step-sisters, Kathy Dulay and husband, Rick; Sharon Gunuskey and husband, Glen, Linda Miller and husband, Robert, and Terry Lawrence and husband, Ron, all of Honesdale; three sisters-in-law; as well as many loved family members.

A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 16, in the First Presbyterian Church of Nanticoke, 229 E. Main St., Nanticoke, with Wayne Wolfe, pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Carbondale, officiating.

Friends may call for visitation from 1 p.m. to service time Sunday in the church.

In lieu of flowers, contributions in Robin's memory may be made to Children's Hospital of Philadelphia at giveto.chop.edu.

Arrangements are in the care of Dinelli Family Funeral Home, 170 E. Broad St., Nanticoke.

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