Gordon Clarence Pike, carpenter and builder, died instantly of a heart attack yesterday noon while working in the Snow Mountain Inn area in West Dover. He was 49. Dr. Milton Wolf was summoned to the scene and took with him the town-owned resuscitator. An employe of Winston Lauder of West Dover, Mr. Pike had worked in the Mt. Snow area for seven years. Among the projects in which he had been closely identified was the construction of Snow Mountain Inn. At the time of his death, he was building small lodge units for Mr. Lauder. Active in civic affairs, Mr. Pike was a member of the Board of Village Trustees and had served as a volunteer firemen for 30 years. He was born in Wilmington May 27, 1912, a son of the late Clarence and Nellie (Gifford) Pike. He had spent his entire life here except tor a few years' employment in Maine during World War II. His marriage to the former M. Elizabeth Crafts, who survives, took place Aug. 10, 1935. He also leaves three sons, S-Sgt. John Pike, stationed in West Germany; A3-c Averell Pike, Biloxi, Miss., and Timothy, at home; two daughters, Melanie and Mary, both at home; one sister, Mrs. Harold Lackey, and his stepmother, Mrs. Irma Pike, both of this town, and three grandchildren. Funeral services will be held in Wilmington Congregational Church Sunday afternoon at 2. Burial will take place in Riverview Cemetery.
The Brattleboro Reformer, 26 Jan 1962
The Brattleboro Reformer, 26 Jan 1962
Gordon Clarence Pike, carpenter and builder, died instantly of a heart attack yesterday noon while working in the Snow Mountain Inn area in West Dover. He was 49. Dr. Milton Wolf was summoned to the scene and took with him the town-owned resuscitator. An employe of Winston Lauder of West Dover, Mr. Pike had worked in the Mt. Snow area for seven years. Among the projects in which he had been closely identified was the construction of Snow Mountain Inn. At the time of his death, he was building small lodge units for Mr. Lauder. Active in civic affairs, Mr. Pike was a member of the Board of Village Trustees and had served as a volunteer firemen for 30 years. He was born in Wilmington May 27, 1912, a son of the late Clarence and Nellie (Gifford) Pike. He had spent his entire life here except tor a few years' employment in Maine during World War II. His marriage to the former M. Elizabeth Crafts, who survives, took place Aug. 10, 1935. He also leaves three sons, S-Sgt. John Pike, stationed in West Germany; A3-c Averell Pike, Biloxi, Miss., and Timothy, at home; two daughters, Melanie and Mary, both at home; one sister, Mrs. Harold Lackey, and his stepmother, Mrs. Irma Pike, both of this town, and three grandchildren. Funeral services will be held in Wilmington Congregational Church Sunday afternoon at 2. Burial will take place in Riverview Cemetery.
The Brattleboro Reformer, 26 Jan 1962
The Brattleboro Reformer, 26 Jan 1962
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