Kathy Treves is having a memorial celebration, service, music, and good food for Tom. She wants rafters from WRRR to go. It is Saturday, May 28,2022, 1:30pm at 24214 153rd Place SE Monroe, WA 98272.
Please let rafters who knew Tom know about the party.
-Dennis Bjork509-765-5395It is with a heavy heart that the Treves family relays the passing of Tom Treves on May 28th, 2020. Tom died of a massive coronary as a result of hereditary heart disease.
Thomas Patrick Baptiste Treves was born June 18, 1945, to Robert Clement Treves and Mary Theresa (O’Connor) Treves in Detroit, Michigan. Tom moved to Ann Arbor in junior high where he met Kathleen Mary Lirette while attending Saint Thomas. Tom and Kathy were married in the summer of 1966 after Kathy completed her nursing degree. The two drove west for Tom to attend Saint Martin’s College in Lacey, Washington. It was at Saint Martin’s that Tom met many life-long friends, including several of the priests of the Abbey. Having made such strong connections and being offered a job as the Alumni and Development Director at Saint Martin’s they decided to stay in Washington and raise their growing family.
After leaving Saint Martin’s Tom created a successful career of nearly fifty years in the insurance and employee benefits industries. Tom invested in the lives of those he worked with, turning clients into friends. He worked with New York Life, Pacific Mutual, Johnson & Higgins, and Marsh McLennan before starting Treves & Company-Strategic Benefit Consulting. During his life, Tom was an active member of the President’s Club of Greater Seattle, a board member of Schick Shadel and an active supporter of Saint Martin’s University, the Millionaires Club, Junior Achievement, DECA and the Arts.
While he has many career accomplishments, he will be most remembered for his love and pride of family and his loving devotion to friends as well as his smile and laughter. He believed in lifelong learning and was quick to celebrate the academic and career accomplishments of those in his life. Many benefited from his leadership, his words of wisdom, sound advice, presentation skills, creative capacities and his ability to pull off big surprises. He worked hard – always building, maintaining, or improving on what was before him. And he played hard – he loved adventure, especially whitewater rafting. He loved family Thanksgiving trips, skiing, snowmobile trips, watching westerns, good books and a time-out.
Tom is survived by his wife Kathy, Children Kalise (Dave), Robert (Julie), Korri and grandchildren, Kaelyn (Patrick), Sarah (Chase), Aly, Kelly, Rachel, Hayden, Brody and his siblings Pam, Kathy, Jim, Robby (Tim), Joan (Chuck), Sister-in-law Angel (Barry) and several nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by his father Robert, mother Mary, sister Susan and brothers Jerry and Barry.
A private family funeral was held in his honor at his home. A larger Celebration of Life and Memorial will be held for family and friends later this summer when the state once again allows large outdoor gatherings.
He will live on in the hearts of his family and friends forever.
Contributions can be made in Tom’s honor to the Father Kilian Scholarship Fund at
St. Martin’s University
Office of Institutional Advancement
Attention: Katie Wojke
5000 Abbey Way SE
Lacey, WA 98503To plant a beautiful memorial tree in memory of Tom, please visit our Tree Store.
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