Obituary - Thomas Joseph Wynne Sr.

Thomas Joseph Wynne Sr., was born on July 22, 1938, to Garnet and Mary Wynne of Havre, Montana, the fourth of six children.  

Tom was raised in Havre, attending Havre High and Northern Montana College. While in college, he met the love of his life, Nadine Lorentzen. They married shortly after meeting and 56 eventful years were to follow.

His passions were coaching baseball, fishing and bird hunting. He also built two houses in his spare time. Upon his retirement from the railroad, golf became his new passion, and he played at every opportunity and also made golf clubs in his spare time. At the same time he and Nadine started “snowbirding” to Arizona and eventually settled in Sun City West, Arizona, where he died on Dec. 21, 2014.  

He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Nadine; his four children,  Zoanne (Bob) Zapata of San Antonio, Texas, Tom Jr (Sue) of Kalispell, Montana, Tim (Kristen) of Tacoma, Washington and Mike (Stephanie) of Spokane, Washington; nine grandchildren; and two siblings, Penny (George) Ament of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, and Pat (Karen) Wynne of Helena, Montana.  

Per his wishes, his ashes will be spread in early July outside of Havre.

A memorial reception will be held to honor his life at Murphy’s Pub on July 9, at 2 p.m.

The family would encourage memorial donations be made to Havre Youth Baseball Association; c/o Travis Abdallah, 1326 Hoover Ave., Havre MT 59501.