Gloucester, Massachusetts
SPANG, Thomas J.G. An avid fly fisherman and outdoorsman, died at home in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts on Saturday, February 28, 2009. Born in Chicago, Illinois on January 31, 1929, he moved with his family to Brookline, Massachusetts in 1938. He attended Dexter School and Milton Academy...
Read MoreCousin Tom was a great companion and always a welcome sight at family gatherings. His life was inspirational in scope: journalist, financier, adventurer, and fly-fisher...to name a few of his many avocations. Our love and sympathy to Tom's wonderful family.
Carl Spang
March 23, 2009 | Durham, NH
Tom was a "caring stickler",insisting on one's ability to "know",and not to "think"; to find any errors in any writings. Tom could be gentle in his thoughts, but he was demanding in his character, and minced no words. In my working as Tom's assistant in Game Trails, I was given the task for years to be able to have the "grasshopper mind" on which he insisted, on my having charge over 6 countries. It was an experience of learning, and one that I would not have missed. I still have the...
Lynn St. Clair
March 16, 2009 | St. Simons Island, GA
It was a privilege to have known and love Mr. Spang. I will always treasure our time together and I am forever thankful that we found each other in this lifetime.
Lourdes Garcia-McGuire
March 11, 2009 | Manchester, MA
He was a friend and a very nice person.
John Hersey
March 11, 2009 | Bluffton, SC
