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Tom Kilton Obituary
URBANA - Tom Kilton, 82, of Urbana died at 9:25 p.m. Monday (March 17, 2025) at Amber Glen Memory Care, Urbana. Funeral arrangements were incomplete at Owens Funeral Home, 101 N. Elm St., Champaign.
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Karen Kaiser
April 3, 2025
I met Tom at the U of I Library. He was a friendly and helpful person. You have my sympathy. Karen Kaiser
Linda Bauer
March 26, 2025
Sorry to hear of Tom's passing. He was a fountain pen collector, like I was, and we were involved in a local fountain pen collector's group.
Debbie Stewart
March 24, 2025
Tom was a long-time customer of ours at International Galleries. He was brilliant and witty, and a joy to be around. I will miss him.
Madeline Gibson
March 20, 2025
I enjoyed working with Tom on many wonderful rare books and projects at the U of Illinois library. He will be missed. Thankful for all knowledge he shared.
Barbara M Jones
March 20, 2025
Tom and I were colleagues at the U of Illinois Library. He was actually on my search committee so I got to know him early on. He was so passionate about intellectual freedom and also rare books. He worked tirelessly on preserving history through books, some of them controversial. After retirement, we had many fun lunches because his sense of humor never, ever, flagged! Tom, I'll miss you. The library profession misses you as well.
Vanessa Biggers
March 19, 2025
He was a wonderful man I will miss him very much
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