
Friday, 24 October 2025
On October 19, 2025, died peacefully at home, in the loving arms of his wife, accompanied by close friends, courageous in the face of inevitability, aged 66 years. Treasured husband of Nicola, beloved father of Ella, Bede, and Lily, and their partners, loved son of the late John and Annie (Nan), loved brother and brother-in-law of Anne-Maree and Hugh O’Reilly, Christopher, Stephen and Annette, David (deceased) and Jeanne McEwen, Blaise and Sharyn, Elizabeth, Andrew and Karilyn, and Heather and Wayne Stockdale. Loved son-in-law of Bruce (deceased) and Meg Millar, special brother-in-law of Lisa Millar, and Paulina Koopen, and a dear uncle of all his nieces and nephews. Messages may be addressed to: The family of the late Robin Williams, c/- PO Box 39001, Christchurch 8545. The celebration of Robin’s life will be held at Oaklands, corner Halswell Junction and Wigram Roads, Halswell, on Friday, October 24, at 2.30pm.
Sadly I'm unable to be at the funeral service for Robin, but my thoughts will be with him and all his family. Between 2001 and 2006 Robin and I worked together at Pulse Data International/HumanWare - he was responsible for building and delivering superb products, and I was responsible for marketing and selling them. Those were wonderful times and it's hard to believe it's now 19 years later. Robin was a lovely, kind and gentle man, thoroughly liked by all of us who were his colleagues. He was also an incredibly clever man whose ideas and work helped make HumanWare a world leading company in its field. He will be greatly missed by all who knew him. Rest in peace now Robin.Greg Thompson
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