The Post-Journal
Jamestown, NY
December 21, 2005


William Robbins

Born Jan. 27, 1918 in St. Catherine's, Ontario, Canada, he was the son of
the late Clarence O. and Elizabeth (Meade) Robbins.  Retiring after 33
years from the New York State Department of Transportation in Mayville,
he was the senior mechanic. A United States Army veteran, he served
during World War II in the Second Armored Division of General George
Patton's Third Army. He fought with General Patton at the Battle of the
Bulge and was among the first soldiers to liberate the concentration camp
at Buchenwald, Germany.  A life member of Lake Chautauqua Memorial Post
No. 8647 VFW in Mayville, he was also a former member of the Westfield
Moose and Masons and an exempt member of the Mayville Fire Department. He
enjoyed golfing, motorcycling, farming and his animals. His greatest
love was his family. Su rvivors include his wife, Susanna Horlacher
Robbins, whom he married Jan. 10, 1939 in Westfield; one daughter,
Sharon A. Fryer of Portland; one son, Roy Robbins of Jamestown; four
grandchildren, Robin Rafan of Brocton, LTC Jason Robbins of Newton,
N.J., Dennis Robbins of Jamestown and Lori Robbins of Salt Lake City,
Utah; seven great-grandchildren; two si sters, Cleo Rubner of Mayville
and Eva Hunt of Jamestown and two brothers, Charles Robbins of Lakewood
and Edward "Bud" Robbins of Westfield.  Besides his parents, he was
preceded in death by an infant daughter, Margaret Robbins; an infant
brother, Leo Robbins; and four sisters, Ada Ordines, Lorraine Rathburn,
Pearl Scholl and Alice Perdue.  Funeral services will be held Dec. 23rd
at 11 a.m. in the Freay Funeral Home in Mayville with the Rev. Jacqueline
Rhodes officiating. Burial will be in the Portland Evergreen Cemetery. The
family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. on Dec. 22nd in the Freay
Funeral Home in Mayville.  Memorials may be made to the American Cancer
Society, 111 West Second Street, Jamestown, N.Y., 14701 or to Roswell
Park Cancer Institute, Elm and Carlton Streets, Buffalo, N.Y., 14263.
Arrangements are by the Freay Funeral Home in Mayville.