Asa O. Pike, IV '57

Asa Osgood Pike, IV passed away peacefully on November 11, 2025, at the age of 85.

Asa is survived by his wife Karen S. Pike, their children Chris Pike and Heather P. Hart, her husband Richard N. Hart, III; his sisters Judith Raymond and Stephanie Pike Crockett and his beloved grandchildren Richard Nevel Hart IV, William Asa Hart and Elizabeth Anne Hart as well as many nieces and nephews..

Asa (“Bodie” to his family and friends) was born in Portland, Maine to Asa O. Pike III and Dorothy Harwood Pike. Asa is a proud graduate of Fryeburg Academy, class of 1957 and Bowdoin College, class of 1961. Asa met the love of his life Karen Schildberg at Fryeburg Academy, eventually marrying Karen, together they raised their children in Fryeburg where they lived for over sixty years.

After Bowdoin, Asa joined his father at the Pike Insurance Agency successfully running the business as the third generation owner for over forty years. He served on the National Board of Directors of Agency Management Systems (AMS) Technology Users Group which he helped grow to more than ten thousand agency members across the United States and was elected President of the organization from 1997 to 1998.

Asa loved the town of Fryeburg. He dedicated his time and energy to the Fryeburg Fair and Fryeburg Academy. He served as treasurer of the Fryeburg Fair Association from 1967 to 1974 and was the Fair’s Publicity Director from 1974 to 1978. Asa’s favorite community service role was as a member of the Fryeburg Academy Board of Trustees continuously serving for over thirty years and ultimately leading the Board as President. Through Asa’s leadership and talent, the Academy greatly expanded its facilities and added new buildings such as the Eastman Science Building, the Cram Library, and the Performing Arts Center. Asa’s proudest achievement was leading the Phoenix Project Capital Campaign to rebuild the Gibson Gym, which was destroyed by a fire, with a larger, modern, multi-purpose athletic field house and fitness center which opened in 2007 named the Harvey Dow Gibson Athletic Center and Ada Cram Wadsworth Arena.

Services will be private at Asa’s request. Expressions of sympathy may be made in Asa’s memory to Fryeburg Academy, Attn: Advancement, 745 Main Street, Fryeburg, ME 04037.

Arrangements are under the care of Wood Funeral Home, 9 Warren St., Fryeburg. Online condolences may be shared with his family at www.woodfuneralhome.org