Thom Stephanchick

Thom Stephanchick

Thom was born on March 18, 1945 to George and Frances Stephanchick and raised in Lorain, Ohio.  After attending Ohio State University, he worked at NASA facility doing chemistry experiments.  He then traded beakers for bucks and joined New York Life as a salesperson, obtaining the millionaire roundtable award for several years. During that time, he met his wife Josie, the love of his life. They married on May 18, 1973 and they began their life in Lorain. He then worked for various HUD programs that consisted of housing repair for the indigent. Thom and Josie plus others, were able to weed out corruption and ensure funds were not being improperly used, keeping them for those who truly needed it. After living in various cities in Ohio, the family moved to Colorado in 2000.  The remainder of his career years were spent selling BMW’s that he felt proud to sell and helped many people during that job; definitely was a people person his whole life, was kind-natured, had a wonderful smile, a good sense of humor and had a stubborn streak.   Surviving family members : Daughter Tracey, husband Christopher, grandson Owen, granddaughter Rose; daughter Aimee, wife Tara; daughter Adria, wife Thyme, granddaughter Noa, and granddaughter Stella, son Scott, wife Carla, grandson Aidan. Thom enjoyed spending time with his family.  He was proud of his daughters and daughter in laws.  He admired that Tracey was successful in her career, had a good sense of humor and is a good wife and mother; that Aimee is successful, a caring psychiatric nurse that she was better able with home repair jobs then he was plus her sense of humor; that Adria put herself through college and has achieved much success at work plus being a good wife and mother and having a good sense of humor a trait they all inherited from Thom.  He was proud of his grandchildren: Owen; being his own person, a carefree soul, Rose, an original person and artist; Noa, still young, growing into a smart, caring person, Stella, still young, a deep thinker and animal lover, Aidan, who shares a career choice of Thom’s that they conversed about.

Thom and Josie loved to dance, even stopping at a parking lot while driving to dance to a great tune on the radio, sharing life stories and laughter with family and friends, being out in nature, readings of different philosophers, gardening, and jogging.

Please feel free to add comments if you wish.  The family requests no flowers but suggests donation to the Arbor Tree Organization for planting trees.  Thom loved trees and planted trees shrubs from that organization, his pride was planting a two foot blue spruce in the front yard that is now over 10 feet tall.