WILDER, Nancy Nye Of Cambridge, MA, and Little Compton, RI, died January 7, 2009. Served as a Trustee and member of the Executive Committee of the Children's Hospital of Boston between 1960-1977. Made an Honorary Lifetime Trustee in 1977. She was the daughter of the late Dr. Robert Nason Nye, MD, editor of the New England Journal of Medicine and Katherine Blake Lincoln. Wife of the late William C. Coleman Jr., and David Wilder. Mother of William C. Coleman of Wayland, MA and Sarah W. Fuller of Westwood, MA. Step-mother of Katharine W. Larsen of New York, NY, Pauline W. Heminway of St. Helena, CA, David F. Wilder of South Hamilton, MA. Grandmother of R. Brooke Coleman, William C. Coleman, Jr., Lt. Charles L. Fuller, USAF, and Samuel A. Fuller. Step-grandmother of: John Eliot Barnes, Katharine Barnes-Diana, Sarah W. Blank, Emma Wilder, Alison Wilder. Also survived by 6 great grandchildren. Funeral Services will be held at Trinity Church, 206 Clarendon Street in Boston at 2, Friday, January 16, 2009. Memorial contributions may be made in memory of Nancy Nye Wilder to Childrens' Hospital Trust, One Autumn St., #731, Boston, MA 02215-5301. J.S. Waterman & Sons & Waring Wellesley 781-235-4110
Published in Boston Globe on Jan. 9, 2009.