Parcourez la nécrologie de Thomas Charles Tom
Milner 2024 résidant dans la province Ontario pour le détail des funérailles.
Memories of Tom are always filled with energy and his unique sense of humour. He was such a spark of fun, justice and pragmatism. The love of his life and wife he couldn’t live without, of almost 40 years, Sue Stephenson, and all of his family and friends are missing him deeply. Cherished father of Michele (Jeffrey) Jenkins. Proud grandfather of Katie and Matt. Tom was the dear brother of Jane (Anthony) MacKinnon and was well-loved by his sister-in-law, Barbara (Bruce) Voycey, his nephews, Bradley and Ryan (Sara), and great-nieces and nephews, Finn, Ida, Cole, Jack, and Ella.
Tom had a seizure caused by a prior stroke and spent a month in hospital as doctors did all they could to help him come out of prolonged delirium. Under this new moon, he moved on to a better place in peace and without any pain.
We celebrate his incredible life as we try to deal with the incredible hole in our hearts. Tom loved music and playing it loud. You can listen to Mr. Mister’s Kyrie to experience one if his recent favourites. His grandson Matthew loved “tune’s nights” at Uncle Doug’s cottage on Little Lake Joseph in Muskoka with his grandpa. Tom grew up at the cottage and loved to be there.
Tom was an innovative teacher and counsellor in elementary and secondary schools in Peel District School Board. His students still keep in touch especially Earl and Dave. Tom was always proud of Kate’s perseverance with her university courses and continuing to learn. He worked for OSSTF as their staffing officer and was a proud union man. During this time, he became the Canadian distributor for those ProPicks.
Tom and Sue spent decades visiting Ajijic, Mexico, making many friends and Tom built computers for the Lake Chapala Society, helping Mexican kids learn English. He became Sénor Geek there. Tom was a master at fixing computers and playing video games.
He lived with Sue in Brampton for 30 years and made the transition to Cobourg which he came to love and know as his home.
He loved the amazing trip to Barcelona and Paris last summer and the leisurely week sitting at the front of the ship every day talking to strangers and making new friends. He was a wonderful storyteller and was spontaneous as he would stop people on the back lane to say hi and introduce himself and talk. He was a happy man, extraverted, positive, vibrant and kind.
He loved children especially his great nieces and nephews. Playing cards with New Amherst neighbours brought him joy with his new card shuffler. He had taken up golfing with a new set of clubs with his new buddy Fred.
The world is a lesser place without him. Instead of flowers, consider a donation to Sick Kids Hospital or Heart and Stroke Foundation, the charities he supported each month.
He loved his Corvette and planned ahead for his cousin Michael to take good care of it. It was a car to tinker with for sure. He had unique talents for fixing things like his grandson Matthew, whether it was plumbing, painting, or electrical work. He always had amazing ideas to solve problems, especially if it involved ordering from Amazon! He has enough supplies to start a computer store in his workshop.
A Celebration of Tom’s Life will be held on Saturday April 27th at MacCoubrey Funeral Home, 30 King Street E. in Cobourg from 11:00 to 3:00. This will give us with time to visit informally followed by time to hear and share memories and then lots of time to raise a glass and toast Tom, and eat the food he loved – ice cream and spring rolls. Sue can share ideas of hotels to stay in for anyone travelling from further away. It’s our hope that we can all laugh by then and smile more easily.
«Take me to the places on the earth that teach you how to dance
the places where you can risk letting the world break your heart,
and I will take you to the places where the earth beneath my feet
and the stars overhead make my heart whole again and again.»
– Oriah Mountain Dreamer
2024
Décès pour la Ville:Cobourg, Province: Ontario
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