- Date Of Birth: October 30, 1946
- Date Of Death: August 18, 2011
- State: Maryland
GREAT CACAPON, WV- THOMAS D. “TOM” KECKLER, 64 OF GREAT CACAPON, WV AND FORMERLY OF WILLIAMSPORT, MARYLAND PASSED AWAY UNEXPECTEDLY THURSDAY AUGUST 18, 2011 IN MORGAN COUNTY, WV.
BORN OCTOBER 30, 1946 IN HAGERSTOWN, MD, HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE JOHN RICHARD AND DORIS LORRAINE ATHEY KECKLER.
HE WAS OF THE BAPTIST FAITH.
TOM WAS A 1964 GRADUATE OF BOONSBORO HIGH SCHOOL, A 1968 GRADUATE OF SHEPHERD COLLEGE AND A 1973 GRADUATE OF THE MARYLAND STATE POLICE ACADEMY.
AFTER COLLEGE, TOM TAUGHT MATHMATICS AT SMITHSBURG MIDDLE SCHOOL AND SOUTH HAGERSTOWN HIGH SCHOOL.
HE RETIRED FROM THE MARYLAND STATE POLICE AS A CORPORAL WHERE HE SERVED AS A ROAD TROOPER, CRIMINAL INVESTIGATOR AND FINISHED HIS CAREER AT THE HAGERSTOWN BARRACKS AS A CRIME LAB TECHNICIAN AND INVESTIGATOR. AFTER HIS RETIREMENT FROM MSP, TOM WORKED FOR A YEAR FOR ALBRIGHT CRUMBACKER MOUL AND ITELL LLC IN HAGERSTOWN, WORKED OVERSEAS FOR DYNCORP IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE UNITED NATIONS AS A POLICE OFFICER TRAINING LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN KOSOVO, MACEDONIA, ALBANIA AND IRAQ. HE MOST RECENTLY WORKED FOR THE WASHINGTON COUNTY SHERRIFFS OFFICE.
TOM GREW UP IN THE HAGERSTOWN AREA PLAYING BASEBALL AT WEST END LITTLE LEAUGE, HAGERSTOWN PONY LEAGUE AND WAS A STANDOUT PITCHER FOR BOONSBORO HIGH SCHOOL. MOST RECENTLY HE PLAYED SLOW PITCH SOFTBALL FOR THE OVER 50 LEAGUE IN HAGERSTOWN.
HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE FOP THOMAS PANGBORN LODGE IN HAGERSTOWN, THE MARYLAN D TROOPERS ASSOCIATION LODGE #88 AND THE WESTERN MARYLAND TROOPERS ASSOCIATION.
TOM ALWAYS LIVED LIFE ON THE EDGE AND TO THE FULLEST AND MARCHED TO A BEAT OF A DRUM THAT MOST OF US COULDN’T HEAR. TO HONOR TOM, WE NEED TO REMEMBER LIFE IS PRECIOUS AND LIVE IT ONE DAY AT A TIME.
TOM IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE AND LIFE LONG COMPANION SUE ANN DeLAUNEY, A SISTER JoELLEN KNIGHT OF HALFWAY, MD, SISTER-IN-LAW JANE WALKLEY OF SHARPSBURG, MD, SISTER-IN-LAW AMY MARTIN OF SMITHSBURG, MD, BROTHER-IN-LAW TOM DELAUNEY OF SHENANDOAH JUNCTION, WV BROTHER-IN-LAW JOE DELAUNEY OF SHARPSBURG, MD AND SEVERAL COUSINS, NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
WESTERN MD TROOPERS ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP FUND 111 N. POTOMAC ST. HAGERSTOWN, MD 21740 OR MID ATLANTIC GERMAN SHEPHERD RESCUE P.O. BOX 353 MT. AIRY, MD 21771
Western MD Troopers Assoc. Scholarship Fund 111 N. Potomac St. Hagerstown, MD 21740 or Mid Atlantic German Shepherd Rescue P.O. Box 353 Mt. Airy, MD 21771
