Thomas F. Saunders, Jr.'s Obituary
Methuen, MA ? Thomas F. Saunders, Jr. 51, died Sunday April 24, 2011 at his family residence.
Born in Lowell November 6, 1959, Tom was a 1978 graduate of Tewksbury Memorial High School. He went on to attend Northern Essex Community College in Bradford, Ma.
Tom was a Delivery Driver for U-Haul of Woburn, Ma. He was an active member of the Greater Lowell Board of Umpires. Tom was varsity Basketball coach at Georgetown High School in Georgetown, Ma. Tom coached the youth in baseball and basketball for 20 plus years. Tom played varsity baseball and basketball at Northern Essex Community College..
He was a wonderful mentor to the children he coached.
Survivors include his wife of 20 years Patricia M. (Vieweg) Saunders.
Children; Jon and wife Richina, Frank, Rachel, Taylor, and Alexis, his dad Thomas F. Sr. and his wife Linda, sister Maura and her husband A.J. McGovern, brother Bill Saunders and wife Eileen, mother and father-in-law William and Gloria Vieweg, sister-in-law?s and brother-in-laws Wendy Wolf, Deborah Rand and her husband Carl, Cynthia Reed and her husband Ronald as well as several nieces and nephews.
Thomas was predeceased by his mother Joan (Durkin) Saunders.
A Funeral Service will take place on Friday morning at 10 o?clock in First Calvary Baptist Church in North Andover with burial to follow in Saint Mary?s Cemetery in Tewksbury, MA.
Friends will be warmly received on Thursday from 4-8 P.M. at the Kenneth H. Pollard Funeral Home 233 Lawrence Street in Methuen.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Jimmy Fund/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute 10 Brookline Place West, Brookline, MA 02445-9924.
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