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Hilary Emmons <I>Williams</I> Pike

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Hilary Emmons Williams Pike

Birth
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
2 Jul 1977 (aged 25)
Woodford, Bennington County, Vermont, USA
Burial
Wilmington, Windham County, Vermont, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.87792, Longitude: -72.85967
Plot
New Section C: Row 10; Lot 212
Memorial ID
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A memorial service will he held Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. in the Wilmington Congregational Church for Mr. and Mrs. Timothy S. Pike and their son Zachary, 4, who were all killed Saturday evening in crash at the foot of Woodford Mountain. Burial will follow in Riverview Cemetery, Wilmington.

Mrs. Hillary (Williams) Pike was born June 30, 1952, in Boston, daughter of Emmons J. and Louise (Boyer) Williams. She spent her youth in Dover, Mass., and was a 1971 graduate of Walnut Hill School in Natick, Mass. She attended Lake Forest College in Lake Forest, Ill. The Pike's were married June 17, 1972. Mrs. Pike's survivors include her parents of Holyoke, Mass., and South Newfane; son Joshua; her paternal grandfather, George W. Williams of Newtown Square, Pa.; two sisters, Miss Leland Williams of Boulder, Colo., and Mrs. Lindsey Murphy of Belmont, Mass.; three brothers, Nathaniel Williams of Chicago and George and Benjamin Williams of Holyoke, and South Newfane.

A runaway trailer truck traveling west on the wrong side of Rte. 9 here smashed head on into a Toyota Land Cruiser Saturday evening, killing Timothy S. Pike, 30, of Main Street, Wilmington, his wife, Hillary, 25, and their 4-year-old son, Zachary. Another son, Joshua, 2, suffered third-degree burns on his face and was listed in fair condition today at the Albany, N.Y. Medical Center Hospital. The accident, which occurred at 6:49 p.m. Saturday, followed by one-week a car motorcycle collision at about the same spot: Dunville Notch at the foot of Woodford Mountain. The driver of that motorcycle, Thomas W. Brooks, 27, of Bomoseen was still listed in critical condition today at St. Peter's Hospital in Albany. According to those at the scene of Sunday's crash, the Pike's Toyota was ripped apart by the collision and its passengers were flung from the vehicle. Even the truck, a furniture truck leased to Wheaton Van Lines of Indianapolis, Ind., but registered in Alabama, was destroyed. The driver of the truck, Willie Mathews, 45, of Montgomery, Ma., suffered a broken back and was listed in stable condition at Putnam Memorial Hospital today. His passenger, Willie Smith, 29, received multiple bruises and was treated and released from Putnam Memorial Hospital. According to state police the truck's brakes failed while descending Woodford Mountain.
The Brattleboro Reformer, 5 Jul 1977
A memorial service will he held Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. in the Wilmington Congregational Church for Mr. and Mrs. Timothy S. Pike and their son Zachary, 4, who were all killed Saturday evening in crash at the foot of Woodford Mountain. Burial will follow in Riverview Cemetery, Wilmington.

Mrs. Hillary (Williams) Pike was born June 30, 1952, in Boston, daughter of Emmons J. and Louise (Boyer) Williams. She spent her youth in Dover, Mass., and was a 1971 graduate of Walnut Hill School in Natick, Mass. She attended Lake Forest College in Lake Forest, Ill. The Pike's were married June 17, 1972. Mrs. Pike's survivors include her parents of Holyoke, Mass., and South Newfane; son Joshua; her paternal grandfather, George W. Williams of Newtown Square, Pa.; two sisters, Miss Leland Williams of Boulder, Colo., and Mrs. Lindsey Murphy of Belmont, Mass.; three brothers, Nathaniel Williams of Chicago and George and Benjamin Williams of Holyoke, and South Newfane.

A runaway trailer truck traveling west on the wrong side of Rte. 9 here smashed head on into a Toyota Land Cruiser Saturday evening, killing Timothy S. Pike, 30, of Main Street, Wilmington, his wife, Hillary, 25, and their 4-year-old son, Zachary. Another son, Joshua, 2, suffered third-degree burns on his face and was listed in fair condition today at the Albany, N.Y. Medical Center Hospital. The accident, which occurred at 6:49 p.m. Saturday, followed by one-week a car motorcycle collision at about the same spot: Dunville Notch at the foot of Woodford Mountain. The driver of that motorcycle, Thomas W. Brooks, 27, of Bomoseen was still listed in critical condition today at St. Peter's Hospital in Albany. According to those at the scene of Sunday's crash, the Pike's Toyota was ripped apart by the collision and its passengers were flung from the vehicle. Even the truck, a furniture truck leased to Wheaton Van Lines of Indianapolis, Ind., but registered in Alabama, was destroyed. The driver of the truck, Willie Mathews, 45, of Montgomery, Ma., suffered a broken back and was listed in stable condition at Putnam Memorial Hospital today. His passenger, Willie Smith, 29, received multiple bruises and was treated and released from Putnam Memorial Hospital. According to state police the truck's brakes failed while descending Woodford Mountain.
The Brattleboro Reformer, 5 Jul 1977


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