- Date Of Birth: October 13, 1936
- Date Of Death: November 5, 2022
- State: Florida
He was born October 13, 1936, in Dover, England. He graduated from Kings College School and went to the University of London. After four years in the Royal Air Force, he emigrated to Canada living in Toronto (and ironically, the city of London, Canada). In 1963, he moved to New York City and began his insurance career with Marsh McLennan eventually starting his own company.
Tom thoroughly loved his community, serving on the boards of ARC and his daughters’ school, Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart. In addition, he volunteered with the Coral Gables Mobile Patrol, at The Kampong, Pinecrest Gardens, Fairchild Tropical Garden, and the George Merrick House. He was unofficially known as the mayor of his neighborhood and enjoyed his work with the St. Vincent de Paul Society.
His love of modeling was evident throughout his life from the Army tanks that he would march over the carpet to amaze his daughters and the wooden ships he fashioned in his later years.
He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Susan August Abell, and daughters Jennifer (Jim) Mills of San Francisco and Claire (William) Bindeman of Mill Valley, and four grandchildren who brought him enormous joy: Clay, Bridget, Kate, and Ryan and his sister Susi (Peter) Jones of Devon, England.
