Tom was born March 19, 1947., in Mountain, to Harris and Esther Lambert Christianson. He gradu- ated from Suring High School in 1965. He served in the U. S. Air Force during the Vietnam War and was stationed in Idaho. On April 22,1967 he married Vicki L. Jamnik at St. Dominic Catholic Church, Sheboygan. He was employed as a sheet metal worker by Aldag Honold Mechanical Inc. since 1970 and was a member of Sheet Metal Workers Local No. 18. He was a member of St. Peter Claver Parish. For several years, he served on the City of Sheboygan Housing Rehabilitation Committee. Tom enjoyed hunting and fishing, and spending time at the fam- ily cottage.
Survivors include his wife, Vicki; three daughters, Terri Lilyquist and husband, Chad; Brenda Thiel and husband, Bill, and Michelle Christianson and special friend, Dave Poster, all of Sheboygan; eight sisters, LaVonne Pagel of Green Bay, Phyllis (Robert) Phillips of New Albany, IN, Judy (Harold) Hobbs of Wildrose, Sherry (Randy) Linssen of Oconto Falls, Esther (James) Colleary of Shirley, NY, Doris (Lloyd) Saffran of Oconto, Kathy Christianson, of Phoenix, AZ, and Helen (Kenneth) Piso of Suring; one brother, Chris (fiancee Audrey) Christianson of Green Bay; nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister, Ellen.
A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at St. Peter Claver Catholic Church, Sheboygan, on Monday, Dec. 28. A memorial fund has been established in his name