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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 134858578
• Group: Veteran of World War II
• Obituary: Aft 19 Aug 2014; FindaGrave

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FindaGrave Memorial ID:
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Group:
Person who served in World War II

Obituary:
Nicholson, Thomas J., Sr., 89, of Clearwater, FL passed away on August 19, 2014 at Brookside Hospice House in Palm Harbor.

Tom was born in Washington, IA. He lived in and worked as an auto mechanic in Ames, IA from 1941 until 1958. He moved to Clearwater from Minnesota in 1971 and worked for GTE until his retirement in 1990. Tom enjoyed traveling around the country visiting friends and family.

He was an Army Air Force veteran of WWII, having served from 1942-1945 as a staff sergeant. He was a waist gunner with The Fifteenth Air Force in Italy. Tom stayed close to his comrades over the years.

Tom is survived by his wife of 68 years, Virginia; his son, Thomas, Jr. (Tami) of Clearwater; his daughter, Linda Vellake (Frank) of Gainesville, FL; his sister Shirley Thornsberry (Richard) of Sioux City, IA; and three grandchildren, Kerry Vellake, James R. Nicholson, and Amy L. Nicholson.

A special thank you to the staff at Suncoast Hospice for their compassion and excellent care during Tom's last year. Interment will be at Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell. Veterans Funeral Care

Thomas married Virginia Phyllis "Ginny" Mason about 1946. Virginia (daughter of Clyde Mason and Phyllis Claire Hall) was born on 16 Mar 1926 in Ames, Story County, Iowa; died on 14 Dec 2018 in Gainesville, Alachua County, Florida; was buried after 14 Dec 2018 in Florida National Cemetery, Bushnell, Sumter County, Florida. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: F.A. Vellake. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]