Thomas Dross

Thomas M. Dross Of Palm Springs and San Francisco, died following a sudden heart attack on January 7, 2012. He was 71 years old. Originally from Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, Dross moved to San Francisco in the 1970s where he became a well-known advertising and marketing professional, working for such prestigious firms as Pritikin & Associates. Later, he was the founder and owner of one of San Francisco's most popular financial district restaurants, "Upstairs, Downstairs." He attended Widner College in Chester Pennsylvania and received his degree from the University of Pennsylvania. As a youth, He went to St. Mary's Parochial school, St. Matthew's High School and was a member of St. Mary's Church all in Conshohocken. Dross is survived by a family of friends in both Palm Springs and San Francisco, family in Pennsylvania and Virginia, and his mother, Lillian Dross, of Palm Springs. Shortly following his death, receptions in his honor were held in both Palm Springs and San Francisco with final distribution of his cremated remains to take place in the near future.