Thomas J. Ghee Sr.

Thomas J. Ghee, Sr., 83, of Mineral City died Monday, April 23, 2012 at his home surrounded by his family.

Born April 11, 1929 in Cliff Top, West Virginia he was a son of the late Morris and Elva Gray Ghee. Tom was also preceded in death by a son, Charles Ghee and daughter, Frances Thompson; sisters, Mary Lee Hafer, Ida Douglas, Catherine Fitzwater and Virginia Price; brothers, Bill and Johnny Ghee.

Tom retired from Norton Chemical in Mineral City after 28 years of service. He was an avid outdoorsman who loved hunting as well as picking and selling Ginseng.

A wonderful and loving husband, father and grandfather, Tom will be sadly missed by his wife of almost 59 years, Mildred Holcomb Ghee whom he married on May 3, 1953; sons, Randy (Pam) Ghee of New Philadelphia, Timothy (Brenda) Ghee of Dover and Thomas Ghee Jr. of Cleveland; daughters, Eva Wambach and her companion, Frank King of Mineral City and Tina (Ken) McNutt of Dover; brother, Willard Ghee of West Virginia; sister, Shirley (Carol) Hafer of Fairborn, Ohio; 10 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held on Thursday, April 26, 2012 at 2:00 pm in the Toland-Herzig Funeral Home and Crematory at Dover with Rev. Brian Flood officiating. Friends can call in the funeral home one hour prior to the service on Thursday. Those wishing to express their fondest memories of Tom may do so by visiting the on line obituaries and flowers link on the funeral homes website.