Thomas E. Lawrence's Obituary
Thomas E. Lawrence, Sr.
8/21/1935 - 11/20/2014
Dad was a wearer of many hats and collector of many things. He peacefully slipped into His Lord’s arms November 20th. Tom graduated from Clover Park HS in 1953, and later UPS. He served as a Marine in Korea and 29 years as a Pierce County Sheriff.
A charter member of Lake City Community Church, Tom belonged to several organizations, including Christian Peace Officers, Gideons, and Torch Bearers. He is survived by former wife Elizabeth Newell, children Tom (Vicki: Joel, Geoffrey, Mark), Kathi Loverin (Don:Tim, Alyssa, Austin), Kim Fisher (Paul:Jackie, Dave, Kylie) and John (Shari:JD, Kyle, Heather), sisters Leah Gatlin and Kay (Chuck) Miller, 11 grand children, 4 great grand children, and many nieces and nephews.
Family suggests donations to Lake City Community Church, or Sunset Bible Church.
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