Tom Wilkens Obituary
Tom met his loving wife, Loreen (Nee Bossinas) of 53 years in High School before leaving to serve in the Air Force. They married when he returned from Korea and settled in Sheffield Lake to start their family. Not long after, they moved to their home in Avon, where they lived for 47 years before recently downsizing to a home in North Ridgeville.
Tom worked on the assembly line at the General Motors Chevy plant in Parma and retired from there as a Millwright. He spent his free time with family and friends and loved crossword puzzles and the outdoors. He especially cherished fishing and spending time at the cabin he helped his father build in Canada. He was a lifetime member of the VFW Post 1079, and was fondly known as "The Mayor" of Fuzzy's Tavern.
Survived by: wife Loreen (Nee Bossinas); son Tracy (Wife Kimberly (Nee Knaack)) Wilkens; daughters Tina Wilkens and Tabitha (Wife Kimberly Files) Wilkens; grandchildren Nicholas, Emily, Holly, Brittany, Kassandra, Jessica, Owen, Sean, Racheal and Olivia; sister Becky (Husband Ken) Rothkegel; nieces and nephews.
Preceded by: father and mother, Tom and Charlotte (Nee White) Wilkens, and step mother Mary.
Funeral services are under the direction of Liston Funeral Home, 36403 Center Ridge Rd, North Ridgeville, OH 44039. Visitation will be on Thursday, October 24th from 6:00 to 8:00 PM, and Friday, October 25th at Noon, before the start of the service at 1:00 PM. Burial with full military honors, by the VFW, will follow at Resthaven Memory Gardens, 3700 Center Rd, Avon, OH 44011, starting at 2:00 PM. Pastor Dave Timm will officiate.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that you dedicate a donation in Tom's memory to, projecthealingwaters.org (In the donation window, please note it for the "Sheffield Village OH" location)
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