Thomas J. Kane

My original post about Tom brought back such pleasurable memories of Tom for me....things like his eyes when he laughed and his intensity when he listened. He was an amazing person who I will always remember with a smile. My best regards to his family at the anniversary time of remeberance.

Cindy (Poirier) Ball

I feel privleged to have called Tom my cousin. I will miss him dearly.

"The sky has one more star in it."
I met Tom like so many others in Olson Hall at WIU. I remember when I met him, my first thought was this guy is way too serious, but then as our friendship grew, I found Tom had a little devilish streak in him! I remember one night at the dorm spending an hour trying to talk Tom into going to "bucket night" at Hogsbreath Saloon. He finally said yes and off we went with our buckets. We had one bucket of beer and Tom said, "OK, time to go." Of...

I'VE LOST A FRIEND; THE WORLD IS A SADDER PLACE.

I am so sad to hear about Tom. Tom was one of my best friends in college. It wasn't a Friday or Saturday night worth anything if I wasn't out with Tom, Jim, Chester and "The Count". My nickname was "The Doctor" because of a Halloween costume in 1977. That was around the time I met Tom.

Even though we may not keep in close touch in these years that fly by, he will always be an important part of my history and was a friend that even if we didn't talk for a couple of years, when...