Robin

Allen

Robin Elizabeth Allen (Glausser)

Robin grew up in Dormont in Pittsburgh, PA, where she lived a happy childhood with her parents Grant Harold Glausser and Dorothy Elizabeth Barto and her two sisters Donna Ewing Glausser and Suzanne Glausser Widdoes. She was the youngest of the family and was very close to her mother. She loved and admired both of her parents.

As a teenager, the family moved to Mount Lebanon and she attended Mount Lebanon High School, graduating from it in 1972. She attended Penn State for college, where she also received her Masters degree. Robin was married briefly, but they did not have children. After leaving Pennsylvania, she moved to Portsmouth, New Hampshire in the mid-1980s, and then after several years in New England, she relocated to be near her sisters to Tampa, Florida where she lived until 2011.

Robin worked for Southwest Florida Water Management as an analyst in Florida. Upon retirement from SWIFTmud, she traveled to Europe to explore the history and the ancestral homelands of her family. After returning from a four month trip to Europe, she then decided to return to her beloved hometown Pittsburgh, PA in 2012. Robin settled into a life in the South Hills while working for Highmark as a business analyst. She loved Pittsburgh and enjoyed spending time with her friends, regularly going to Trax Farm, eating at the Red Lion in Elizabeth, and Bob's Diner and Amel's with friends. She also loved hanging out on the farm near Latrobe, PA. She enjoyed exploring her hometown again after being away for so long from it.

In 2016, Robin was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer and began the arduous journey to survive. She was given an initial prognosis of three months, but she overcame this timeline and went into remission. The disease unfortunately returned several times, but Robin continued to power through until she decided that she could no longer deal with the pain. She was treated for ten years and became close with her doctors and staff. She spoke warmly of her caregivers and was grateful for the care they provided to her.

Robin loved animals, in particular elephants and birds. She felt connected to them and found watching them relaxing. She was an incredible historian and loved connecting current events to patterns in history. Using her analytical mind, she enjoyed predicting what would happen in the future based on facts available. She kept up with worldwide current affairs and could provide facts on a wide range of topics. Hanging out with Robin guaranteed that you would learn something new. She was also a great cook. She regularly made beef stew, stuffed peppers, and hot sausage soup and shared these with her friends. Robin loved to watch classic films with her friends and family.

Robin left this world on October 30, 2026 to join her parents and sisters. She is survived by her nieces Julia Davic, Autumn Widdoes, and Lucie Widdoes; and nephews Dean Davic and Michael Sean Widdoes, Jr., grandnephews Grant Bobbitt and Aidan Widdoes, and grandnieces Roxanne Widdoes and Serena Widdoes.

Robin was loved by her family and friends and will always be in our hearts. She will be dearly missed. A memorial lunch will be held to honor her life on Saturday, November 21 in Pittsburgh, PA.

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