Williams, Tracy Dion – 1963-1976

HEALY, WILLIAMS

Posted By: Diana Wagner
Date: 6/11/2022 at 10:33:31

2 Newton Youths Killed in Truck-Motorcycle Crash
Two young rural Newton boys were killed shortly after 7 p.m. Wednesday when the motorcycle they were riding collided with a pickup truck on a gravel road two miles south and a mile west of Newton.
Scott Agan, 14, and Tracy Williams, 13, both of Rt. 2, Newton, were presumably killed instantly when they were thrown from the bike, a 70 Honda, after striking a truck driven by Ronald Sloan, 36, also of Rt. 2.
Iowa Trooper John Simonson said Sloan was eastbound on gravel and the youths (it had not been determined who was driving) were westbound. Tracks indicated the boys attempted to get off the road but hit the soft shoulder and went back onto the roadway, striking the pickup truck on its left front fender, Simonson said. The cycle had no lights or license, he said.
Sloan told officers he did not see the boys until they hit the truck.
The accident was investigated by state troopers, assisted by the sheriff’s department.

Funeral services for Tracy Dion Williams will be held at 20 a.m. Saturday at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church – McCann Center.
Father Francis Bass, pastor of the church, will conduct services. Burial will be in the Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery.
Friends may call at the Toland-Wallace Funeral Home after 3 p.m. Friday.
Rosary and wake services will be conducted at 7:30 p.m. Friday and at the Toland-Wallace Funeral Home.
Survivors are his mother, Mrs. Loretta Williams of Newton; his father, Douglas Williams of Marshalltown; four brothers, Douglas Jr., and Rodney S. Williams, both of Marshalltown, and Allen and Patrick Williams, both of Newton; and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John Healy of Newton and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Williams of Marshalltown.
He was preceded in death by his sister, Cindy.
The youth, a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church and the YMCA, was a 6th grade student at Woodrow Wilson Elementary School.
The son of Douglas and Loretta Healy Williams, he was born Feb. 27, 1963 at Marshalltown.
(Funeral services for Scott Agan were omitted from this transcription)
Source: Newton (IA) Daily News; Thursday, March 11, 1976, page 1