Thomas G. "Tom" Opalewski

To the Opalewski Family: My prayers are with you all at this difficult time. Time will dull the pain of your loss, but your memories of this wonderful man will live on forever. I will remember Tom as a quiet man who loved and cared about his family most of all, but also as a man who was kind to anyone he met. I didn't have the opportunity to see him a lot, but when I did he always remembered I was his Aunt Cel's granddaughter. God Bless all of you.

My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

My brother Tom always liked to try new adventures. We were at Lake Mendota for a family picnic when he was just getting into sailing. Tom decided we should rent a sail boat. He was very motivated, and wanted to rent the biggest sail boat. I managed to convince him that we should rent a medium size boat, I was a bit nervous, but knew I would be ok I was with my big brother. We got the boat in the water, sail up and started going in circles. I asked Tom have you ever sailed before, he...