William John "Bill" Pipe

1944 - 1966  (22 years)

• Name	William John "Bill" Pipe
  Born	27 Sep 1944	Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-341624
  Died	5 Nov 1966	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Buried	7 Nov 1966	Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I341624	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	William Gilbert "Gib" Pipe,   b. 1918,   d. 15 Jan 1974, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 56 years)
  Mother	Helen Marie Mitchell,   b. 1924, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 Mar 1999, Paris, Brant County, Ontario, Canada  (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F248893	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  William Pipe Dies Of Accident Injuries The community was saddened by the untimely death early Saturday morning of William John Pipe, 22, in K-W Hospital. He was critically injured in a traffic accident north of Roseville on O-tober 21, and remained in coma until his passing. He was a passenger in a station wagon driven by A. W. Wood of Ayr, which was in collision with a gravel truck at the intersection of the Roseville - Kitchener Road and County Road 7. Mr. Pipe was born in Ayr on September 27. 1944, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Pipe, and had lived all of his life in the village. He was one of the community's most talented and well liked athletes, excelling particularly in hockey. He came up through the Ayr minor hockey system and subsequently played with the Ayr Rockets. as well as with Paris and New Hamburg junior clubs. Mr. Pipe also was a former member of the Ayr Vets softball club. He attended Ayr public school and later secondary schools in Galt. At the time of his death he was a student at a Kitchener collegiate, and was on his way to classes when the tragic accident occurred. Mr. Pipe was an adherent of Christ Church, Ayr. Surviving, besides his parents, are two sisters, Mrs. Edward Hachey (Jean) of Ayr and Miss Mary Pipe of Kitchener, two brothers, James and Donald at home. Funeral service was held on Monday from the Coutts & Son Funeral Home, Galt. with interment in Ayr Cemetery. Rev. N. A. Tilford officiated. Pallbearers were: Reed Wilson, Cameron Ballantyne, Robert Watson, Dean Sayles David Horgan and Ivan Hall, all of Ayr district. The Ayr News Nov 10 1966 pg 1

  
  

• Sources

  [S367] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Ayr - Ayr Public CC#4489 Internet Link . Pipe/ In memory of/ William John Pipe/ son of/ Gilbert and Helen Pipe/ Sept. 27, 1944 - Nov. 5, 1966/ Loved by All

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 27 Sep 1944 - AYR, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 5 Nov 1966 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - 7 Nov 1966 - Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth