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Thomas Herman Obituary
Thomas D. Herman, 75, of Endicott, was welcomed into God's loving arms after a 20 year battle with COPD on Thursday, December 22, 2016 at Lourdes Hospital with his wife and children by his side. He was predeceased by John M. Herman and Rose Herman and his sister Dorothy. Left to cherish his memory are his wife Antoinette (Sayuk) Herman; daughter Donna (Steve) Sisson of Richmond, VA; son Thomas C. (Lori) Herman of Endicott; 5 grandchildren Andrea and Caroline Sisson of Richmond, VA; Daniel Sisson of Charlotte, NC; Alex and Alyson Herman of Endicott; brothers John J. Herman of Northampton, PA and Roger (Nancy) Herman of Nazareth, PA; sister-in-law Margaret (Larry) Oberly and brother-in-law Michael(Sandy) Sayuk all of Northampton, PA; Aunt Margaret Sysko and several cousins, nieces and nephews.
Tom graduated from Northampton High School in 1959 and Penn State of Allentown, PA in 1962. He retired from IBM Endicott after 30 years of service and was a member of the IBM Quarter Century Club. He was a member of Our Lady of Good Counsel Church. Tom enjoyed his early retirement pursuing his passions of hunting, fishing and sharing his handyman expertise with family and friends. He spent countless hours supporting his grandchildren, all affectionately known by his special nicknames for each of them. Tom enjoyed going out to dinner with Toni, rating restaurants by their Manhattans, scalding hot french onion soup and prime rib or steak. He lived by the motto "Anything worth doing is worth doing right", and his care of his home was evident by the quote "With each repair a man makes, he improves more than his home. His sense of pride."
The family would like to extend their gratitude to Lourdes Home Health, Lincare and the entire health care network that compassionately cared for Tom over the years and kept him with his family as long as possible.
Special thanks to Pine Knoll Road neighbors and many friends, especially John Lynn, Pauline Witt, Teresa Resavy, Sandy Parisi and Lucy Cronk, whose continual support was deeply appreciated.
Funeral services will be held Monday from 4-7pm at Allen Memorial Funeral Home, 511-513 E. Main Street, Endicott and at 11am at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church on Tuesday. In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy can be made to Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, 701 W. Main Street, Endicott, NY
13760 or a charity of your choice.
"...and through it all, I did it My Way."
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January 7, 2017
The Potope family are so sorry for the loss of a great cousin.
We just found out today about his trip to Heaven.
Our thoughts and prayers go out for his family and friends.
Go in peace cousin.
Janice Mcgarity
December 30, 2016
Praying for strength and grace as you begin to process your loss. I hope there's comfort in knowing that Tom is at peace and your hearts heal with the precious memories you have of him. Hugs to you
Pat & Kris Harding
December 27, 2016
Tom was a truly nice man. We were saddened to hear the news of his passing. Our thoughts and prayers are with you all.
Marcia welker
December 27, 2016
Tom C. on behalf of us in Dayton, we are very sorry to hear of you dad's passing. Our hearts go out to you and your family.
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Patricia Wilkey
December 27, 2016
Our love and prayers go out to Toni, Donna and Tom and family. We remember many wonderful times of the dad at Nazareth who could fix anything, the neatest man cave with every tool and the great hunting stories with the most beautiful turkey feathers! What a wonderful husband and father! May you all find peace knowing he is in the arms of our Lord.
We love you,
The Wilkey and Galindo families
Dianne Dale
December 26, 2016
Toni and family,
We were so sorry to hear of Tom's passing. Keeping you in our thoughts and prayers.
Dianne and Steve Dale
Chuck Benson
December 26, 2016
Tom Sr. was such a great and friendly man to all of us who grew up on Pine Knoll in the 70's and 80's. He was the parent head of the "kick the can club" and was always out encouraging us to play better and have fun. I'll miss Tom very much and wish only the best for Toni, Donna and Tom Jr. as they deal with their loss.
Betty Seniw
December 26, 2016
Toni, I am so sorry to hear about Tom passing away. I have many happy memories of Tom and John and myself going deer hunting out in Smithville flats. and of the many luncheons I enjoyed attending in Endicott after John passed away. I am sure that he had a very good life until the last few years, which must have been very difficult. Betty Seniw
Ted Nickel
December 25, 2016
My condolences to Tom's family. I worked with Tom at IBM Glendale. He was always going the extra mile to make certain whatever he was working on was done right. I knew Tom as a coworker and a friend.
Earl Bloom
December 24, 2016
Tom, was one of the nicest people I've ever met! I'm sure he will be missed by many whose lives he touched! May god bless him and may he rest in peace knowing that life on Earth was blessed by his presence!
His forever friend, Earl Bloom
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