[TR] Tom Householder RIP

[Greg Lemon]

I corresponded with Tom quite a bit we were trying to track down a Swallow
Doretti that was in my hometown several years ago.  Never got very far
looking for the car, but he left no stone unturned in his search.  Sorry to
hear of his passing.  RIP.

Greg Lemon
TR250

On Wed, Apr 26, 2023, 5:43 AM Jim Henningsen <trguy75 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Don,
> Thanks for sharing that heartfelt story and pictures.  As a longtime
> Triumph guy, it means a lot.
> Jim Henningsen
> Ocala, FL
>
> On Apr 26, 2023, at 12:42 AM, Don Hiscock <don.hiscock at gmail.com> 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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