Pingree Senior 'Just Understood Everyone'

Chris Chaloux, the 26-year-old brother of Tim Chaloux, has shared thoughts and kind words about his brother as plans have been finalized for Chaloux's wake and funeral.

Tim Chaloux of North Reading, a senior at Pingree School, suffered fatal injuries in a car crash Saturday morning.

The services will be held Thursday, April 18 and Friday, April 19, according to Chris Chaloux.

The wake will be held Thursday from 3 to 8 p.m. at the Cota Funeral Home on Park Street in North Reading. The funeral will be held on Friday at noon at St. Theresa’s Parish on Winter Street in North Reading.

There will be a Collation after the funeral. Details will be announced at the end of the funeral service.

Tim, 18, is survived by his parents, Kathleen and Stan, and siblings Chris and Kate, 23.

Tim was driving to his father's house in Plaistow, N.H. early Saturday morning when his car veered off Route 128 into a wooded area in Danvers. He had plans to visit St. Michael's College later that day, where he planned to attend in the fall.

Tim never made it to the college. He suffered fatal injuries in the accident and was found around 7 a.m. Saturday morning after another driver saw his car and called police. 

When asked to describe his brother, Chris Chaloux started by saying, "If you called me a year ago to write an article on my brother, this is what I would have told you."

He went on to say that Tim had a beautiful smile and infectious laugh. The greatest thing about him, Chris said, was that he had this rare quality to understand people. 

"He just got people so well," Chris said. "He could always give them exactly what they needed. He just understood everyone."

He was the glue that held our family together, Chris told Patch.

He was everyone's favorite person, Chris said trying to hold back tears, and "for as long as I can remember I've told everyone I've met that he was my favorite person on the planet."

He was an athlete, a gifted baseball player, Chris said, and also liked to play basketball. While he enjoyed laughter and living in the moment, Chris explained, he recently developed a great interest in space.

To illustrate his personality further, Chris shared a story from Tim's childhood. When Tim was 10-years-old, he went to pick out a puppy with his mother. There were several puppies in front of him, Chris said, but Tim chose the runt of the litter in the corner of the room who may not have survived otherwise. That little Sheltie is now the family pet: Buddy.

"He enjoyed other people so much and enjoyed life in a way that I've never been able to, and many of us aren’t," Chris said.