Thomas E Carroll (Tom ) passed away Monday February 24th 2020 at the memory care unit at Springbrooke senior care in Denver Colorado.
Born in La Junta Colorado on September 13th 1930 ,Tom grew up in Pueblo Co and attended Saint Patrick’s elementary and Pueblo Catholic High School where he met his future wife Joan. After graduating from the University of Colorado in Boulder with a degree in business Tom enlisted into the United States Air Force during the Korean war. He worked in the Strategic Air Command Unit including a 2 ½ year stint on Guam. Tom was honorably discharged in August 1956.
Tom and Joan raised a family in Broomfield Co where he worked at various jobs from then on until his retirement from the state of Colorado Department of Education in 1995.
Tom loved fishing, going on various family road trip vacations, puttering around the house in Broomfield and watching TV especially the Denver Broncos.
Tom was followed in death by his son Michael T Carroll on April 15th 2020. He is survived by his wife of 66 years Joan Carroll of Denver ,his son John Carroll of Aurora Co, and sister in law and brother in law, Shirley and Robert Larson of Cheyenne WY.
A joint funeral will be held for Tom and his son Mike at Nativity of Our Lord Catholic Church in Broomfield Co at 10:30 AM September 15th 2020.
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