Thomas J. Zajac Sr.

Thomas J. Zajac Sr., 82, of Dorrance, died at home on Monday, Sept. 30, 2024.

Born in Patterson, N.J., he was the son of the late John and Marie Wyda Zajac, and resided in Hobbie and Dorrance his whole life. After his retirement as a heavy equipment operator with the Operating Engineers Local 542, Tom went on to own and operate TNT Auto Recycling in Dorrance. He also served as a Dorrance Twp. supervisor. He was a former member of St. Mary's Church in Dorrance.

Tom enjoyed auto racing, having attended many race tracks throughout the east coast with his son and ran his own late model stock car at Evergreen Raceway in the early '80s. He then later raced with his son, Tom Jr., in the street stock division at Evergreen in the late '80's and '90's. He was a spotter for Jim Lamoreaux when he was running the NASCAR Sportsman and Arca series and helped many local racers through the years. Tom loved to wheel and deal. It was often said that he could sell a deaf guy a radio.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by daughters, Marla Zajac and Tara Zajac; and three granddaughters, Kristi Ann Cheek, Manda Birk and Erin McPeek.

Left to cherish his memory are his loving wife of 61 years, Freda Mae Kaylor Zajac; children, Debra Sipple, Hanover Twp.; Yvonne Zajac, Gainesville, Fla.; Angela Bruch and her husband, Michael, Grovetown, Ga.; Thomas Zajac Jr. and his wife, Diana, Sugarloaf Twp.; many grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren; brothers, Carl, Hobbie; John, Hialeah, Fla.; Raymond and wife, Mary, Berwick; sisters, Suzanne and husband, Ray Urban, Palmyra; Monica and husband, Paul Melnick, Rochester, N.Y.; Marie and husband, Richard Spaide, Nescopeck; and many nieces and nephews.

A memorial service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday from Desiderio-Lehman Funeral and Cremation, 436 S. Mountain Blvd., Mountain Top.

Friends are invited for a visitation from noon to service time.

Visit www.MountainTopFH.com for information.