Please accept our most heartfelt sympathies for your loss… Our thoughts are with you and your family during this difficult time.

For some reason, my memories of Judy did not appear on her tribute wall, so this will be dedicated to both Tom and Judy. Bill and I were friends with Tom and Judy for almost 50 years. We shared many adventures together from simple evenings out for dinner to trips to Cubs baseball games and vacations to St. Louis and Las Vegas. Bill and Tom enjoyed trips to many car shows over the years. Probably the experience that means the most to me was when Tom and Judy took care of our two-year-old when our second child was born. I was not in the habit of leaving our daughter with anyone, but I felt comfortable leaving her with Tom and Judy. I’m not sure they would have so readily agreed if they had known the call to duty would come at 4 AM. Tom and Judy were wonderful, caring, and fun friends who will be greatly missed. We extend our deep sympathies to family members.

Jill, George and I are sending our sympathy and love to you, Tom, Sydney, and Devin on the death of your dad. We have such wonderful memories of spending time with your mom and dad in their home the weekend of your wedding. We always enjoyed our time with them. Your family and many friends will help you in this very sad time. With love, Peg and George

I met Tom in 1960 when his family moved to Clinton for his father’s job at Curtis company. We bonded over car magazines in his basement bedroom and became fast friends. Our group expanded to include Tom McLaughlin and Bob Lorenzen. The four of us roomed together in Iowa City as we attended college. We had many great adventures dating. exploring life, and attending car events. Summers we would hang out at Lorenzen’s drinking beer and playing cards. We had a very complicated and intertwined dating life in college. A former girlfriend of mine was Judy’s roommate leading to Tom’s marriage. While Bob and I went into the military, me drafted 3 months out of school, Tom’s near sightedness let him begin his teaching career in Illinois. After the army I moved to Illinois a few blocks from Tom so we could continue our friendship. Tom and another teacher fixed me up with a teacher to date whose roommate I eventually married. Tom and Judy moved back to Iowa, much to my dismay, but we continued to visit frequently. They arrival of our kids cut back on our in-person time, but we still corresponded and called when we could. In the 80s Bill Meyer, Tom, and I began going to the Iola car shows in Wisconsin which became an annual event for at least 20 years as well as dozens of others. Tom and I began a tradition of spring road trips all over the Midwest, usually related to car shows and museums but also historical locations and his boyhood home in Sioux City. We both had diecast car collections (he had many more), full size cars (he had many more) and an interest in model trains. We often got together with Marsha, my wife, and Judy as couples to celebrate milestone birthdays. Thousands of happy hours in his and Judy’s company over 62 years of friendship! I have a hard time imagining life without him.

Our sympathies to Tom’s entire family with his passing. Tom’s brother, Dave, and I worked together in the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library’s Heatherdowns Branch in the early 1990’s. We became fast friends along with our wives. Over the years we had the privilege of meeting Tom and Judy several times. They were a delightful couple. Tom, Dave, and I had a particular interest in old cars and in collecting die-cast models of them. We enjoyed Tom’s dry sense of humor very much. We know Dave and family will miss him and Judy very much. We send prayers for you all. David and Nancy Harris, Toledo Ohio

From the Conifer Power Company. Our sincere condolences as the family has been through a lot this year. Planting trees is a nice memorial.