Thomas McHugh

Dad, your with me always - thanks for beaming down advice from time to time to me and Maeve. The love you have for us is never in doubt. Forever in my heart - Tracy

Happy Birthday Dad - we miss you more every year. Maeve and I will be celebrating you today and give thanks you were in our lives - love, Trace

So many stories. My favorite will always be the time he told one of his daughters and I that he named sluice gates after us when changes and updates were being implemented years ago at the MDC facility in Hartford in the Brainard/Airport Road area. I remember thinking right, Tom, I don't think so. A number of years later I was out with my husband and he introduced me to someone he knew who worked at the MDC facility. I said "Oh, did you know Tom McHugh? He's my friend's dad." He said "Are...

I will always remember "Big Tom" warmly, with much love. He never failed to make me laugh. He had a wonderful wit and sense of humor. Many memories of times spent with him over the years with his family or boating. He was a great man with a wonderful heart. He will be missed.

Back in the 1960s, I was his newspaper boy. Since he lived beyond my route, I had a paperbox for him at the junction of Porter Road and Martin Road. Sometimes on his way home, he would find no newspaper waiting for him, as he would be a little early (or I would be a little late). I also remember his father with fondness, as he lived in Gilead, also, and treated the children here with kindness.