Obit: Speich, Thomas C. (1960 - 2010)

 

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Email: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

 

Surnames: Speich, Perman, Meyers, Haley, Berchen, Martens

 

----Source: Marshfield News Herald (Marshfield, WI) 11/01/2010

 

Speich, Thomas C. (5 MAY 1960 - OCT 2010)

 

GREENWOOD -- Thomas C. Speich, 50, of Vacaville, Calif., formerly of Greenwood, died at St. Joseph's Hospital & Health Center, in Dickinson, N.D., from injuries sustained in an automobile accident.

 

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010, at St. Mary's Catholic Church, in Greenwood. Burial will follow in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery with military rites conducted by the Greenwood American Legion Post No. 238. Visitation will be held from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., with a 7:30 p.m. prayer service, on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010, at Cuddie Funeral Home, Greenwood.

 

Visitation will also be held from 10 a.m. until time of service on Wednesday at the church.

 

Thomas Charles Speich was born May 5, 1960, in Neillsville, the son of John D. and Kay (Perman) Speich. He was raised and received his education in Greenwood, graduating from Greenwood High School in 1978.

 

After high school, Tom enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and completed his basic training at Lackland Air Force Base, near San Antonio, Texas. He was then stationed at Fairchild Air Force Base, in Spokane, Wash., where he remained until his honorable discharge in 1982.

 

In 1990, he moved to Vacaville, Calif. to work as a carpenter for Roy Gregorich Jr. Tom lived and worked in Vacaville until the time of his death. He was united in marriage to Starla Meyers on Nov. 25, 1994, at St. Peter's Catholic Church in Dixon, Calif.

 

Tom will be dearly missed by his wife, Starla of Vacaville, Calif., his daughters, Sage and Brooke Speich, both at home, his parents John D. and Kay Speich of Greenwood, five siblings, Marian Haley of Avondale, Ariz., Bill Speich of Greenwood, Michael (Patti) Speich of Wisconsin Rapids, Margaret Speich (husband, Steven Berchen) of Bethesda, Md., Diane (Mike) Martens of Orangevale, Calif.

 

 


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