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Don,
Sad news. Tom was my age. Way too young.
I have been donating my parts for the past 2 years to
https://britishautosalvage.com/index.html.
I finished my last restoration over 12 years ago so I figured let the
parts go in order to keep the Triumph mark alive. My hopes are the
younger kids find the joy all of us have had for decades long after I am
gone.
RIP Tom.
Bob
On 4/26/23 12:13 AM, Don Hiscock wrote:
> For those who haven't heard yet, Tom Householder, great friend to the
> Triumph and Doretti marques, died on April 15, 2023 after being in
> failing health for over a year.
>
> Here's his obituary from his hometown newspaper.
> https://www.lancastereaglegazette.com/obituaries/mnj256898
>
> Tom was an active poster on this list in years past, and especially
> valued the FoT community.
>
> Tom described his life around TRs in a profile in the TRA Newsletter
> from November 2017. In that article he described going to sea from
> Jacksonville, looking back at his TR3A and imagining a whole parking
> lot full of Triumphs. That image led him a couple of years later to
> put a handwritten note in the parts department of Ernie Harter's
> Triumph dealership in Lancaster Ohio asking if anyone wanted to start
> a car club. From those seeds the Triumph Register of America grew.
>
> (And, BTW, the front apron from that TR3A , shown here in Florida
> with Tom's dog Skipper, is on my TR3B now:
> https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-xJnH7xR/0/b1f88787/O/i-xJnH7xR.jpg)
>
> I met Tom 44 years ago when we worked at the same research institute,
> and the TR3B I have today was through his matchmaking. His family had
> a big auction of his TR and Doretti cars, parts, and ephemera in
> February so some of the rare bits he'd accumulated will remain in the
> hobby for years to come.
>
> My last visit with my friend was a month or so ago and he stated he
> was comfortable and at peace. He missed his wife and best friend
> Susie, who predeceased him by about two years. Tom, those of you who
> knew him will understand, lived his own life by his own and often
> ornery rules, but he was always there to help friends and always had a
> (usually off-color) joke to tell. He thought sometimes he should have
> been born a hundred years or more earlier when his simple and
> independent self-reliance would have been more common and maybe more
> helpful in life -- he was probably not wrong there!
>
> Here are Tom and Susie out to dinner in 2016:
> https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-BGbHCqN/0/d9e06ac7/XL/i-BGbHCqN-XL.jpg
>
> Rest in peace, Tom.
>
>
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<p>Don,</p>
<p>Sad news. Tom was my age. Way too young. <br>
</p>
<p>I have been donating my parts for the past 2 years to
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://britishautosalvage.com/index.html";>https://britishautosalvage.com/index.html</a>.</p>
<p>I finished my last restoration over 12 years ago so I figured let
the parts go in order to keep the Triumph mark alive. My hopes are
the younger kids find the joy all of us have had for decades long
after I am gone.<br>
</p>
<p>RIP Tom.</p>
<p>Bob<br>
</p>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/26/23 12:13 AM, Don Hiscock wrote:<br>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">For those who
haven't heard yet, Tom Householder, great friend to the
Triumph and Doretti marques, died on April 15, 2023 after
being in failing health for over a year. </div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br>
</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Here's his
obituary from his hometown newspaper.</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><a
href="https://www.lancastereaglegazette.com/obituaries/mnj256898";
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.lancastereaglegazette.com/obituaries/mnj256898</a><br>
</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br>
</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Tom was an
active poster on this list in years past, and especially
valued the FoT community.</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br>
</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Tom described
his life around TRs in a profile in the TRA Newsletter from
November 2017. In that article he described going to sea from
Jacksonville, looking back at his TR3A and imagining a whole
parking lot full of Triumphs. That image led him a couple of
years later to put a handwritten note in the parts department
of Ernie Harter's Triumph dealership in Lancaster Ohio asking
if anyone wanted to start a car club. From those seeds the
Triumph Register of America grew.  </div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br>
</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">(And, BTW,
the front apron from that TR3A , shown here in Florida
with Tom's dog Skipper, is on my TR3B now: <a
href="https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-xJnH7xR/0/b1f88787/O/i-xJnH7xR.jpg";
moz-do-not-send="true">https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-xJnH7xR/0/b1f88787/O/i-xJnH7xR.jpg</a>)</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br>
</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">I met Tom 44
years ago when we worked at the same research institute, and
the TR3B I have today was through his matchmaking. His family
had a big auction of his TR and Doretti cars, parts, and
ephemera in February so some of the rare bits he'd accumulated
will remain in the hobby for years to come.</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br>
</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">My last visit
with my friend was a month or so ago and he stated he was
comfortable and at peace. He missed his wife and best friend
Susie, who predeceased him by about two years. Tom, those of
you who knew him will understand, lived his own life by his
own and often ornery rules, but he was always there to help
friends and always had a (usually off-color) joke to tell. He
thought sometimes he should have been born a hundred years or
more earlier when his simple and independent self-reliance
would have been more common and maybe more helpful in life --
he was probably not wrong there!</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br>
</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Here are Tom
and Susie out to dinner in 2016:</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><a
href="https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-BGbHCqN/0/d9e06ac7/XL/i-BGbHCqN-XL.jpg";
moz-do-not-send="true">https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-BGbHCqN/0/d9e06ac7/XL/i-BGbHCqN-XL.jpg</a><br>
</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br>
</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Rest in
peace, Tom.</div>
</div>
<br>
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