FRANK'S BLOG

SAD NEWS FOR FRIENDS OF TOM WHITBREAD

OUR ALWAYS CHEERFUL NEIGHBOR TOM WHITBREAD

PASSED AWAY ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 9, 2011,

AT HOME AFTER A LONG PERIOD OF DECLINE DUE TO A NEUROLOGICAL

AFFLICTION. HIS SISTER, RUTH, AND OTHER LOVING FAMILY MEMBERS

WERE AT HIS BEDSIDE AT THE TIME.

 TOM LIVED AT PELICAN POINTE FOR MANY YEARS, COMING FROM HIS HOME TOWN,

 LONG BEACH, NEW YORK.

HE LOVED LONG BEACH AND WENT THRU SCHOOL THERE AND THEN ON TO

ST. MICHAEL’S COLLEGE IN VERMONT FOR HIS B.A. DEGREE. WHILE IN LONG BEACH

TOM WORKED IN HIS FAMILY’S LUMBER YARD, BUT ALSO DEVOTED MUCH TIME

TO COACHING CYO BASKETBALL TEAMS WHICH HE LOVED, AND

LED TO MANY GREAT SUCCESSES.

TOM SERVED IN THE US NAVY, ON ACTIVE DUTY, BASED IN NEWPORT,

RHODE ISLAND AND  SAILED TO THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA WHILE SERVING AS A

YEOMAN ON HIS SHIP.

THERE WILL BE A SMALL MEMORIAL SERVICE AT TOM AND RUTH’S HOME ON

TUESDAY AFTERNOON AT 4:00 PM FOR THOSE NEIGHBORS WHO WISH TO ATTEND.

THE FULL MEMORIAL BURIAL MASS FOR TOM WILL BE HELD IN LONG BEACH AT

ST IGNATIUS MARTYR CHURCH, AT 9:30 AM ON SATURDAY, JULY 16, 2011.

TOM'S BROTHER, BILL WHITBREAD AND MANY OF TOM’S NIECES, NEPHEWS, AND FRIENDS WHO STILL LIVE IN THE AREA OF LONG BEACH WILL BE ATTENDING.

 FOR DIRECTIONS TO THE CHURCH CLICK ON ITS NAME ABOVE AND IT WILL TAKE YOU 

TO THEIR WEBSITE.  FOR A MAP AND DIRECTIONS, GO TO THIS LINK: http://classic.mapquest.com/maps?address=721+W+Broadway&city=Long+Beach&state=NY&zipcode=11561