Thomaline Buchan

This tribute still brings tears to my eyes. I wish I had known her personally. But I am glad I was able to read her short stories as they appeared in magazines. My heart goes out to all her loved ones on the anniversary of her passing. Stardust!

Dear loved ones of Thomaline Aguallo, I want to express my condolences. As a young woman, I read Thomaline Aguallo's stories in Good Housekeeping and treasured them. I am not surprised that in actual life she was loved by you for her "wit and compassion" and that "her heart and home were always open." I will play "Stardust" and hug someone close in her honor, as close as I hug her characters in my heart. Yours, Lori Mulligan Davis, Wheaton, Illinois

"Please do not look behind you,
But know in your heart
That every day she'll wait there,
And she'll be prepared to take you home.
The good of heart will be blessed by fate,
And the patient will have the shorter wait."

We've only just learned of Tommi's passing. May she grace the heavens as brilliantly as she graced the earth.

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Dear Russ and family,

So sad to hear of Tommnie's passing. Our kind thoughts to you always but especially now.

Dearest Russ,
My heart broke when Paul told me the saddest news; the blessing of knowing your precious mate was not mine, but I know yours was a lifelong love affair. I shall hug each loved one a little longer and tell them more often that I love them, and remember you. Please let Paul know when the picnic is and I shall send him directly to your place. (801) 644 4133 is my cell.
With love and prayers for comfort,

Dear Russ & Family,

I'll remember her dry wit at the Big Box. What a mate she must have been to you. Hugs and kind feelings, man. Your brother from the Yard.

Dear Buchan Family:

I was so deeply saddened to learn from Tommi's mother, my Aunt Della, about Tommi's sudden and untimely passing. I pray that, with time, your loving memories of Tommi will help heal your present heartache.

With deepest sympathy,

Russ, Rach, & Russell,
I was shocked and devastated to hear of Tommi's passing. I will miss seeing her out watering the roses, when we would have our little catching up chit chats. As a teenager I fondly remember the time I spent in your warm, loving, and unique home. There was no place like it! Tommi had a great influence on me, especially my lifelong obsession with Frida Khalo. Such an amazing, talented, and kind woman - she will be greatly missed, but the memories I shall always...

Dear Russ,

My cousin just sent me Tommi's obituary and I am stunned and very sad.

Tommi and I were best friends and nearly inseparable at 15th Street School. We would walk home together -- she lived on 9th St. just below Mary Star and I would go to my grandmother's on 12th St. I have a picture of many of us at my 11th birthday party, and other pictures from our junior high days.

I moved from San Pedro in 1959 and don't believe I ever saw her again (did she...