{"id":63404,"date":"2025-12-17T16:03:23","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T16:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/63404\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T16:03:23","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T16:03:23","slug":"richard-rick-williams-scranton-times-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/63404\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard \u2018Rick\u2019 Williams \u2013 Scranton Times-Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\t\t\tRichard \u2018Rick\u2019 Williams \t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tOBITUARY\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Richard Rick Williams, 80, of Clarks Green died at Geisinger Community Medical Center, Scranton, on Saturday. He is survived by his partner in life, Wendy Richards.<\/p>\n<p>\nBorn in Scranton, he was the son of the late Hollis and Pearl Singer Williams. Prior to retirement, he was the owner\/operator of Williams Industrial Supply. He was an Army Veteran and Scout Master. In addition, he was a member of the Rotary Club of Scranton, Clarks Green Council, Council of Government, and Shade Tree Commission.<\/p>\n<p>\nAlso surviving are two sons, Matthew Williams and his wife Renee, North Abington Twp, and Douglas Williams and his wife Amanda, Clarks Green; grandchildren Luke, Emma, Hollis, and Adelaide Williams; his twin sister Holly Pittluck, Pacific Palisades, CA; and several nieces and nephews.<\/p>\n<p>\nHe was preceded in death by a sister, Carol George Erichson.<\/p>\n<p>\nFriends may pay their respects at Lawrence E. Funeral Home and Cremation Services, 418 S. State Street, Clarks Summit, on Saturday from 1 pm to 3 pm.<\/p>\n<p>\nIn lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Salvation Army, Griffin Pond Animal Shelter, or the donor\u2019s favorite charity.<\/p>\n<p>\nRichard \u2018Rick\u2019 Williams<\/p>\n<p>\nDecember 13, 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Richard \u2018Rick\u2019 Williams OBITUARY Richard Rick Williams, 80, of Clarks Green died at Geisinger Community Medical Center, Scranton,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63405,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":{"0":"post-63404","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-scranton","8":"tag-scranton","9":"tag-scranton-headlines","10":"tag-scranton-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63404\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}