Thomas Francis Stevens

On June 1, 2025, Thomas Francis Stevens passed away in Towson, Maryland.
He is survived by his loving sister Charlene Noppenberger, wonderful cousins Donna, Diane, Dom and Douglas Pape (godson) and their families.
Also survived by his wonderful friends, highlighted by his brothers from other mothers and his sisters from different misters.
Tommy was born in Baltimore in the early winter of 1954. While most babies cry at birth, knowing my brother, he came out laughing. One of the funniest people I have ever known, his humor was honed by a steady diet of tv cartoons, newspaper comic strips, and a Saturday matinee at the Hippodrome Theatre where he witnessed firsthand a performance by The Three Stooges at age 8. His phrase of "Pick out two" rattled in our home for months! Tom graduated from Dulaney High School, did attend college but decided the Liberal Arts meant he had the ability to be liberal as to attend the classes. That issue didn't quite work out.
The majority of his employment centered around food, from selling produce at Valley View Farms "Are these oranges 6 for 39 cents?", "No ma'am they are 12 for 78 cents". Early employment of flipping burgers at the White Coffee Pot Jr., working at Vinny's Beef & Beer and Ocean Pride enlarged his circle of friends. While some have passed, many of them are still his dear friends.
Outside of his work, he enjoyed playing golf and was an avid Orioles fan. As this memorial is NOT A COAT & TIE AFFAIR, and my brother is being buried in his Orioles clothing, he wanted everyone attending to wear their O's tee shirts, too, at his viewing and funeral.
While my brother was a person of faith, it deepened over the years after our dad died in November 1984, Tommy decided to move back in with our mother for a year or so while she acclimated to her new life pattern. He never left. When the three of us discussed it, mom put her hand on her hip and told him "If he lived here, he was taking her to church on Sunday!". His response was to put a hand on his own hip and tell her "You're going to the O's game on Saturday night with me!". From the age of 30 when he moved in with her in late 1984, to when she passed in January of 2015, it was the mom and Tom show. His living with her and giving up his entire adult life in the process, gave her an extended busy, active and more fruitful life.
My brother was a person of faith and action. Via the produce business, he helped feed people for decades. With that in mind, and knowing that flowers wither and die, in lieu of flowers, we encourage anyone inclined to consider making a contribution to the Maryland Food Bank. /mdfoodbank.org
The details of how to do that are:
1. Click on how much the person wants to donate or fill in an amount in the bottom box.
2. Click the donate options button and select "dedicate this donation" then select a dedication type. Complete Tommy's name in the second box and then click done
3.Complete the donation process using their choice of payment method.
I hope all of you will be able to join me in celebrating a well-lived, enjoyed life. Share the laughter and stories that surrounded him for years.
Family and friends are welcome to the family-owned Ruck Towson Funeral Home (Beltway Exit 26) on Thursday, June 12 from 2-8 PM. A funeral service to take place at St. Joseph Church, 100 Church Ln, Cockeysville, MD 21030 on Friday, June 13 at 11 AM. Interment to follow at Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens.
Out of area friends are welcome to view his church service via live streaming at the site below: www.sjpmd.org for live stream, click music and liturgy, click funerals, click Stevens Funeral and there will be a button that says live stream.