Thomas Walter Stieve

March 24th, 1954 - November 23rd, 2023

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I was gutted to hear the news about Tom. Thank you Susan for reaching out and letting me know. My sincerest and heartfelt condolences to you and your family. I knew Tom when we were in Kiribati in 1985 and 1986, with the Peace Corps. He lived on the main island of Tarawa on Betio. I lived on one of the outer islands, Abaiang. There were eleven us in our group. Three married couples and five single people, Tom, Bob Long, Marina Finch, Kari Brown and me, Sheri Lochner. We tended to hang out a bit more together, being single. Tom was easy going, calm and relaxed. While Betio is a part of Tarawa, when we lived there you had to catch a ferry. You could walk across at low tide, which we did if we stayed too long at the Otintai Hotel and missed the last ferry. Now there is a causeway. Tom was cool, he was chill, he was a deep thinker. Gone too soon.

Sheri Lochner

December 21st, 2023 at 4:28am

I've known Tom for many years .Worked with him on many jobs for Rick Johnson. We shared a lot of likes. Cross country skiing,hiking out by North Point along the lake,watching football or golf . We would spend a couple hours one day a week end. Even two weeks ago.I knew he had such a great history of helping others. Now after reading his obituary,I'm amazed but not surprised.My heart goes out to his family and especially to Susy that I got to meet .Such a caring sister. I'll miss him a lot. Rest in peace ,my friend.

Fred Albini

November 28th, 2023 at 12:20pm

I only met Tom in the past few years but there was immediate trust and connection for me. I valued not only his friendship, his skills and talents, but his humility and the peace about life and living that he had. May his family find comfort in knowing he lived life as he chose and to the fullest (mostly in service to others) which is a gift not only to himself, but to humanity. Bless you Tom and rest well.