Thomas John McKessy's Obituary
WE ARE STILL NOT READY TO LET YOU GO, BUT WE KNOW WE HAVE TO AND UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN ON THE OTHER SIDE. WE THE SURVIVORS OF THOMAS WILL KEEP HIM ALIVE IN OUR HEARTS FOREVER.
WITH DEEPEST SADNESS WE MUST ANNOUNCE THE PASSING OF THOMAS MCKESSY. TOM PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY ON AUGUST 26, 2017 SURROUNDED BY HIS FAMILY WHO LOVES HIM DEARLY
THOMAS WAS BORN ON FEBRUARY 2, 1933 IN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK TO HIS MOTHER, BRIDGET AND FATHER PATRICK. HE HAD A SISTER MARY AND BROTHER JOHN. HE IS PREDECEASED BY HIS MOTHER, FATHER AND SISTER. JOHN HIS BROTHER LIVES IN LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK.
ON DECEMBER 1, 1956 THOMAS MARRIED THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE, ROSEMARY KANE FROM QUEENS. THEY HAD SIXTY YEARS TOGETHER AND PRODUCED THREE CHILDREN, MICHAEL(DIANE STEUWE) KATHLEEN (BRAD CHAMBERS) AND STEPHEN (KAREN MCKESS). THOMAS ALSO HAD 7 GRANDCHILDREN THAT WERE LOVED GREATLY… RYAN, MELISSA, BRIDGET, EMILY,KATIE, CHRISTOPHER AND NICHOLAS. THOMAS WAS GODFATHER TO MELISSA MCKESSY, TIMOTHY MCKESSY, ED HORAN, JO ANNE BUCALO, JADE BUCALO. THOMAS WAS ALSO UNCLE TOMMY TO MANY NIECES AND NEPHEWS. HE LOVED EACH AND EVERYONE IN HIS FAMILY.
THOMAS WAS A DEVOTED CATHOLIC WHO ATTENDED ST. ANSLEMS, IN THE BRONX, ST. PANCREAS IN QUEENS, ST. JOSEPHS IN SPRING VALLEY AND ST.THOMAS IN OLD BRIDGE, ST. MATTHEW IN LAKE WORTH.
IN HIS LIFETIME, THOMAS HAD VARIOUS JOBS FROM LONG SHOREMEN TO ELEVATOR OPERATOR IN NEW YORK (WHERE HE MET ROSEMARY) TO FUNERAL DIRECTOR IN ORTIZ FUNERAL HOME IN THE BRONX AND PART TIME DRIVER FOR DORSEY EARL SMITH FUNERAL HOME IN LAKE WORTH.
THOMAS FAVORED MANY THINGS…HIS FAVORITE TV SHOW WAS THE SOPRONOS AND BENNY HILL. HIS FAVORITE MOVIE WAS THE MARCH OF THE WOODEN SOLDIERS. HE LOVED TO PLAY BINGO WHILE ON VACATION WITH HIS FAMILY AT ORANGE LAKE. HIS FAVORITE AND FAITHFUL DOG WAS TRIXIE AN AUSTRALIAN SHEPHARD WHO WATCHED OVER HIM ALWAYS.
THE MASS FOR THOMAS WILL BE AT 11 A.M. AT ST. MATHEWS CHURCH IN LAKE WORTH ON SEPT. 1.
THERE WILL ALSO BE A VIEWING FROM 6 TO 8 AT PALM BEACH MEMORIAL ON AUGUST 31.
PLEASE JOIN US FOR THIS IRISH WAKE TO CELEBRATE THE LIFE OF THOMAS J. MCKESSY
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