Obit: Carroll, Thomas Patrick, Jr. (1957 – 2009)
Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
Email: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Carroll, Thomas, Zank, Ewing, Ryan, Bryan, Timm, Fairley

----Source: Banner Journal (Black River Falls, Jackson Co., WI.) March 18, 2009

Carroll, Thomas Patrick, Jr. (22 July 1957 – 10 March 2009) With Flag

Thomas Patrick Carroll Jr., Red Wing, MN, died suddenly of apparent cardiac arrest March 10, 2009.

He was born July 22, 1957. Tom was married June 15, 1996, to Diane Thomas, the love of his life, in Red Wing. They lived in Red Wing, along with Diane’s son, Kristopher Zank.

Tom grew up in St. Paul, MN, and served in the U. S. Navy. He worked at Treasure Island Casino and has worked at the Goodge County Sheriff’s Office since 2000. Tom was a larger than life presence wherever he went, and he touched many people’s lives. He loved everything about life and lived it to the fullest every day, whether it was cooking, gardening, spending time with his dogs – Sophie, daisy and Molly, a great party, especially when he starred as Santa Claus and most of all when he was with family and friends.

Tom will be forever missed by his wife, Diane and her son Kristopher; his parents, Thomas Patrick, Sr. and Virginia; brother, John and his wife Peggy Ewing Carroll; sisters, Christine Ryan and her husband James and Coleen Carroll and her husband Rick Bryan; grandmother Lorraine Fairley; and numerous nieces and nephews.

A memorial service was held at 11 a.m. Monday, March 16, 2009, at the United Lutheran Church. Reverend Steve Timm officiated. Private family inurnment will be at Fort Snelling National Cemetery at a later date.

Honorary pallbearers were Adult Detention Center staff.

Thomas Patrick Carroll, Red Wing, MN, Minn., Minnesota, Tom Carroll, Diane Thomas, Kristopher Zank, St. Paul, U. S. Navy, Treasure Island Casino, Goodge County Sheriff’s Office, Virginia Carroll, John Carroll, Peggy Ewing Carroll, Christine Ryan, James Ryan, Coleen Carroll, Rick Bryan, Lorraine Fairley, United Lutheran Church, Steve Timm, Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Adult Detention Center, Mahn Family Funeral Home, Bodelson-Mahn Chapel