Son of Gareth and Claudia Williams
Grandson of Clive Williams
Great Grandson of HD Williams
Born: 25 Sept 1999, Hamilton New Zealand
Secondary School: Hamilton Boys’ High School (until end 2017)
Throughout school life and after, he was very athletic and enjoyed gymnastics and active sports, which made him very capable in activities requiring agility and flexibility, eg. Surfing, Skate Boarding, Snow Boarding, Biking, Parkour, Climbing.
At some point (2018-19) he was introduced to Sky Diving, which he loved so much he decided to train to be a Sky Diving Instructor.
Theo’s review of 2020 – posted Jan 2021
https://www.facebook.com/100004760192491/videos/1699768420191815
Theo’s Instagram https://www.instagram.com/theo.williams/?hl=en
Skydiving at Parakai https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/theo-williams-skydiving-at-parakai/JYRSC6T2VMTIE3LB4O5WFAE37U/
In his earlier days (after leaving secondary school) Theo worked at Hamilton Airport on the tarmac (baggage handling etc). After several years, as the regularity of work became unreliable, he moved to Wellington to work at Wellington Airport performing similar roles.
He moved up to Auckland to train as a Sky Dive instructor, and after completing the course (2020), he lived with family at Mt Maunganui for a short period, where he could combine his love of surfing and sky diving from the same location.
It was at Mt Maunganui (Tauranga) airport, after having completed around 200 jumps, including filming many of his own, and those of others, that he was fatally injured in the sky diving accident.
Died: 20 Mar 2021 (Sky Diving accident) https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/124606817/young-man-killed-in-skydiving-accident-named-as-theo-williams-21
https://7news.com.au/news/new-zealand/fatal-decision-before-skydiver-21-hits-ground-c-10579000
NZ Herald article a year later
Obituary https://notices.nzherald.co.nz/nz/obituaries/nzherald-nz/name/theo-williams-obituary?pid=198128262
WILLIAMS, Theo Sylvan Gareth. On 20 March 2021, as the result of a sky diving accident, aged 21 years. Dearly loved son of Claudia and Gareth. Dearly loved oldest brother of Sebastian and Clara-Sofia. Always with us in our hearts. A service for Theo will be held at Hamilton Park Cemetery Chapel, Morrinsville Road, Newstead, Hamilton, on Saturday, 27 March 2021 at 1.30pm.