William C. Robison Jr.

Bill was a proud 4th gen. San Franciscan (Lincoln HS ‘54). He attended Cal, but left his heart at SF City College where he joined Beta Tau fraternity and made lifelong friends.

Bill owned Trio Accounting and was a statistician for the SF Pioneers and USF basketball teams. He sang in his church choir and with folk group “The Southwinds”. He collected SF memorabilia, and loved trains, books, traveling, math, the SF Giants, and, most of all, his family.

Bill is survived by his loving wife, Cynthia Young, two children, Will Robison III and Heather Tanner (Carl), grandchildren Joshua and Natalie Tanner, and nephew Michael Robison. Predeceased by his parents, Wm. and Gertrude “Pat” Robison, brother Keith Robison, son David Robison, cousin Rick Boyle, and first wife, Sandra Robison.

Thank you to Kaiser Hospice for your love and care.

In lieu of flowers, please consider donating to Lakeside Presbyterian Church, San Francisco, or to the Rick Boyle Memorial Basketball Scholarship Fund at Abraham Lincoln High School, San Francisco.

A Memorial Service will be held on Sat. August 13, 2022 at 2 pm at Lakeside Presbyterian Church, 201 Eucalyptus Drive, San Francisco.

Dr. Sam Thal came to San Francisco, the city he loved, in 1955 after receiving his MD degree from the University of Washington School of Medicine and doing a residency in internal medicine at the Mayo Clinic. He worked for the Veterans Administration in the East Bay and was on the UCSF Clinical Faculty for 47 years, retiring as Clinical Professor of Medicine.

He was a long-time donor and/or volunteer for the American Conservatory Theater library, Merola Opera Program, San Francisco Ballet Horizons Foundation, the Castro Senior Center, the Gay and Lesbian Historical Society, and the Bay Area Physicians for Human Rights (BAPHR). He served on the BAPHR Board of Directors for over 30 years and was also secretary, historian, and editor of their newsletter. In addition, he was a member of New Leaf (closed in 2010), Gay and Lesbian Medical Association, Commonwealth

Club, American Legion Alexander Hamilton Post 448, Prime Timers, and other medical, cultural, and historical organizations. He was a founding member of Congregation Sha’ar Zahav, San Francisco.

He died July 25, 2022, at The Sequoias San Francisco. A private memorial service was held at the Hills of Eternity Memorial Park. Donations in his memory may be made to any of the organizations listed above.