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Leslie "Tom" Matthey
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Tom was born an only child in North Dakota and attended the University of North Dakota graduating with a degree in business. Upon graduation, he joined the Air Force and became a part of MATS – Military Air Transport Service where he flew over sixty international flights to Europe in a prop airplane to transport soldiers. He met and married his beautiful wife Darlene who proceeded him in death in 2018 after 62 years of marriage. As a profession Tom was a stockbroker for Merrill Lynch for 45 years. Hobbies included flying, classic cars, Model A Club, Tractor Club, and T-Bird Club. He drove the tractor in the Carlsbad flower fields for tours, became a docent at John Wayne Airport and the Lyon Air Museum.
Services will be held on Saturday, February 8th, at 10:30 AM at Abiding Savior Lutheran Church in Lake Forest, California.
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