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WILLIAMS, Robert E.

Source: Indianapolis Star Sun 5 Dec 1982 p 55

Greencastle – Robert E. Williams, 91, Greencastle died Friday in Indiana University Hospital in Indianapolis. He was a professor emeritus of speech at DePauw University, where he taught from 1921 to 1957, when he retired. He then taught part time  until 1967. Mr. Williams, a native of Madison was a 1916 graduate of DePauw University and a graduate of the University of Wisconsin.  He was a charter member of Forensics Honorary Fraternity and Delta Sigma Rho. He was a member of Kiwanis Club, Delta Epsilon social fraternity and Gobin Memorial United Methodist Church at Greencastle. He was a WWI veteran and a former director of Terre Haute Civic Theater. A memorial service will beheld later. Memorial contributions may be made to the church. Survivors include his wife, Ada Williams, a son, Robert E. William sJr and daughter, Dorothy Venning . – kbz
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