A Fundraiser Has Been Started For The Family Of A North Wales Boy Who Died Last Week

NORTH WALES, PA — A fundraiser has been started to help the family of a local boy who passed away late last week after being hospitalized for a month with an unspecified illness.

Shane Williams, who was in fifth grade at North Wales Elementary School, died Friday after his month-long battle with an illness at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

A GoFundMe site has been created for those wishing to donate to the family to help defray costs associated with the boy's medical care and subsequent passing.

The GoFundMe says that Williams was a beloved "son, brother, grandson, cousin, nephew and friend," who was "everyone we aspired to be: kind, generous, thoughtful and loving. His beautiful smile lit up the room and brought people together. His determined spirit will live on in us eternally. He cared so much about all his family and numerous friends."

The site says that the Williams family is devastated at the loss of the boy, and that the fund was set up to help ease the financial burden on the family relating to medical and funeral costs.

The GoFundMe can be found here.

As of the time of the publication of this story, the fund had raised $36,816 out a total goal of $20,000.