The Topeka Daily Capital Sunday February 3, 1952 Robert E. Williams. Robert W. WILLIAMS, 63, of 501 Quincy, died Friday night at Kirksville, Texas. He was born in Norcatur, Oct. 9, 1888. He lived in Topeka about four years. He had been a painter and was a member of the Painters Union, American Federation of Labor. He is survived by two sons, Donald W. Williams, 324 West Seventh and Mark Edward Williams, Kansas City, Mo.