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Don,
Thanks for sharing that heartfelt story and pictures. As a longtime Triumph=
guy, it means a lot. =20
Jim Henningsen
Ocala, FL
> On Apr 26, 2023, at 12:42 AM, Don Hiscock <don.hiscock@gmail.com> wrote:
>=20
> =EF=BB=BF
> For those who haven't heard yet, Tom Householder, great friend to the Triu=
mph and Doretti marques, died on April 15, 2023 after being in failing healt=
h for over a year.=20
>=20
> Here's his obituary from his hometown newspaper.
> https://www.lancastereaglegazette.com/obituaries/mnj256898
>=20
> Tom was an active poster on this list in years past, and especially valued=
the FoT community.
>=20
> Tom described his life around TRs in a profile in the TRA Newsletter from N=
ovember 2017. In that article he described going to sea from Jacksonville, l=
ooking 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 ask=
ing if anyone wanted to start a car club. =46rom those seeds the Triumph Re=
gister of America grew. =20
>=20
> (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-xJnH7=
xR/0/b1f88787/O/i-xJnH7xR.jpg)
>=20
> I met Tom 44 years ago when we worked at the same research institute, and t=
he TR3B I have today was through his matchmaking. His family had a big auct=
ion of his TR and Doretti cars, parts, and ephemera in February so some of t=
he rare bits he'd accumulated will remain in the hobby for years to come.
>=20
> My last visit with my friend was a month or so ago and he stated he was co=
mfortable and at peace. He missed his wife and best friend Susie, who prede=
ceased him by about two years. Tom, those of you who knew him will understa=
nd, lived his own life by his own and often ornery rules, but he was always t=
here to help friends and always had a (usually off-color) joke to tell. He t=
hought sometimes he should have been born a hundred years or more earlier wh=
en his simple and independent self-reliance would have been more common and m=
aybe more helpful in life -- he was probably not wrong there!
>=20
> Here are Tom and Susie out to dinner in 2016:
> https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-BGbHCqN/0/d9e06ac7/XL/i-BGbHCqN-XL.jpg=
>=20
> Rest in peace, Tom.
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<html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D=
utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto"><div dir=3D"ltr"></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Don=
,</div><div dir=3D"ltr">Thanks for sharing that heartfelt story and pictures=
. As a longtime Triumph guy, it means a lot. </div><div dir=3D"l=
tr">Jim Henningsen</div><div dir=3D"ltr">Ocala, FL</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br=
><blockquote type=3D"cite">On Apr 26, 2023, at 12:42 AM, Don Hiscock <don=
.hiscock@gmail.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type=3D"=
cite"><div dir=3D"ltr">=EF=BB=BF<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default=
" style=3D"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 af=
ter being in failing health for over a year. </div><div class=3D"gmail_=
default" style=3D"font-size:small"><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" st=
yle=3D"font-size:small">Here's his obituary from his hometown newspaper.</di=
v><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small"><a href=3D"https://=
www.lancastereaglegazette.com/obituaries/mnj256898" target=3D"_blank">https:=
//www.lancastereaglegazette.com/obituaries/mnj256898</a><br></div><div class=
=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small"><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_d=
efault" style=3D"font-size:small">Tom was an active poster on this list in y=
ears past, and especially valued the FoT community.</div><div class=3D"gmail=
_default" style=3D"font-size:small"><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" s=
tyle=3D"font-size:small">Tom described his life around TRs in a profile in t=
he TRA Newsletter from November 2017. In that article he described goi=
ng to sea from Jacksonville, looking back at his TR3A and imagining a whole p=
arking lot full of Triumphs. That image led him a couple of years late=
r to put a handwritten note in the parts department of Ernie Harter's Triump=
h dealership in Lancaster Ohio asking if anyone wanted to start a car club.&=
nbsp; =46rom those seeds the Triumph Register of America grew. </=
div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small"><br></div><div cl=
ass=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small">(And, BTW, the front apron f=
rom that TR3A , shown here in Florida with Tom's dog Skipper, is on my T=
R3B now: <a href=3D"https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-xJnH7xR/0/b1f88787/O=
/i-xJnH7xR.jpg">https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-xJnH7xR/0/b1f88787/O/i-x=
JnH7xR.jpg</a>)</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small">=
<br></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small">I met Tom 4=
4 years ago when we worked at the same research institute, and the TR3B I ha=
ve today was through his matchmaking. His family had a big auction of h=
is TR and Doretti cars, parts, and ephemera in February so some of the rare b=
its he'd accumulated will remain in the hobby for years to come.</div><div c=
lass=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small"><br></div><div class=3D"gma=
il_default" style=3D"font-size:small">My last visit with my friend was a mon=
th or so ago and he stated he was comfortable and at peace. He missed h=
is 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 o=
wn and often ornery rules, but he was always there to help friends and a=
lways had a (usually off-color) joke to tell. He thought sometimes he s=
hould have been born a hundred years or more earlier when his simple and ind=
ependent self-reliance would have been more common and maybe more helpful in=
life -- he was probably not wrong there!</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" s=
tyle=3D"font-size:small"><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"fon=
t-size:small">Here are Tom and Susie out to dinner in 2016:</div><div class=3D=
"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small"><a href=3D"https://photos.smugmug.=
com/photos/i-BGbHCqN/0/d9e06ac7/XL/i-BGbHCqN-XL.jpg">https://photos.smugmug.=
com/photos/i-BGbHCqN/0/d9e06ac7/XL/i-BGbHCqN-XL.jpg</a><br></div><div class=3D=
"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small"><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_defa=
ult" style=3D"font-size:small">Rest in peace, Tom.</div></div>
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