THOMAS C. SLATER

Happy Father's Day Tom, we all miss you very much!
Love,
Lauren, Gary, Thomas and Jonathan

This is our 1st Father's Day without you and it still seems unimaginable that you are gone. I am trying to be as good a father to Thomas and Jonathan as you were to us. I miss you dearly and sometimes the memories are not enough. I know how much you liked getting cards with something written inside so I wanted to write to you today and wish you a Happy Father's Day...I Love You.

Dear Slater Cousins,

My thoughts and prayers are with you all. I will always have happy memories of going to your home as a child. Uncle Tom and Auntie Edie always made us feel like one of their own. They raised a wonderful son that will be missed greatly by all who met him.

We would like to keep this guest book open as a journal to document special moments when Tom is in our thoughts.

Most recently (October 6, 2009), Scott won the primary election to fill Tom's spot as representative. He worked very hard to meet all of Tom's constituents and gain their trust that he will continue working for them just as Tom had for 14 years.

On October 10, 2009 Jody, Gary, Scott and Ellen were invited to participate in the annual Flames of Hope waterfire...

dear jodi and family tom will always have a smile in my heart love cousin nancy vallese shipley p cola fla

dear jodi and family,
my heartfelt thoughts go out to and your family in the passing of tom.as you know i knew tom for the last 45 years,starting with the Marine Corps.
I knew tom to be a champion for all people,the good the bad and the ugly!
tom will be sorely missed by myself and many,many others.
Semper Fi sgt. major
your friend,
Tom De Falco

Our family is proud to have known Thomas
all his life. My mother still remembers him as a child, and has always had the fondest recollections of the Slater family. It was most fortunate that I was able to take my elder parents to pay their respects and see the family at the wake. As a very young child I also remember visiting your home and how friendly your parents were. So generous and always quick to smile. A great man from a great family.

im so sorry for the passing of my friend rep slater he was a person i will remember and carry with me all of the days ahead i had the pleasure of now him and i did a tour of the providence state house i will keep him with me forever and may god rest him and his family all the days ahead

Thank you all for the overwhelming response to Tom's passing. He would be embarrassed by all the praises. He was born in poverty, lived it, breathed it and felt it heart and soul. He was a man of men from birth to death. As one of his sisters I never heard him speak harsely of anyone. He may have from time to time agree to disagree strongly, but then it was done. He was an ordinary man doing what he felt he was called to do. He is an example to all of us that one individual can make a...