Thomas Parsons Kellogg Jr.

Thomas Parsons Kellogg Jr. of West Norwalk, Conn., and Watch Hill, died at home on Saturday, Aug. 4, 2007, after a long illness. He was 71. He was a resident of Darien, Conn., where he and his family had lived for over 40 years.
Tom was born in Waterbury, Conn., on May 28, 1936. He graduated from Deerfield Academy in 1954 and Princeton University in 1958. He served in the U.S. Navy as a LTJG from 1958 to 1960 when he joined The Morgan Guaranty Trust Company in New York City.
While at Morgan, he and his family spent nearly four years in Melbourne, Australia, as Morgan's representative to the Australian United Corporation. He left Morgan as a senior vice-president with the Petroleum Group in 1990. He was a board member of Triton Energy, the Toreador Petroleum Group, and the Connecticut Junior Republic.
Tom, an avid golfer, was a member of the Misquamicut Club of Watch Hill where he served as chairman of the golf committee. The Kellogg Cup Tournament at the club bears his name. He was also a member of the Wee Burn Country Club in Darien and The Royal Melbourne Golf Club.
Tom leaves his wife, Jane Ritchey Kellogg; two sisters, Sara K. Goodrich of Weekapaug and Vero Beach, Fla., and Margaret K. Hall of Manchester, Mass., and Watch Hill; a foster brother, James W. Stevens of New York City and Watch Hill; a daughter, Diana Kellogg Burger and Neil Burger of New York City; and three sons, Thomas III and Leslie Kellogg of Providence, Charles and Perry Kellogg of Westerly, and James and Christine Kellogg of Darien, Conn. He also leaves 10 grandchildren.
Tom Kellogg will be remembered for his honesty, sense of humor, generosity, feistiness, and friendship to those who knew and loved him.
A memorial service is scheduled for Friday, Aug. 10, at 11 a.m. at the Watch Hill Chapel in Watch Hill. Contributions in his memory may be made to Connecticut Junior Republic, Goshen Road, P.O. Box 161, Litchfield, CT 06759 and www.ctjuniorrepublic.org .