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THOMAS N. GAWRONSKI

February 16, 1951 — May 27, 2024

COOPERSTOWN, ND

Thomas N. Gawronski 

 

Thomas Nicholas Gawronski was born February 16, 1951, at St. Vincents Hospital on Staten Island, New York to Stanley and Olga Gawronski. He was the firstborn of a pair of twin boys. He grew up on Staten Island and attended St Ann’s Parochial School, and graduated from New Dorp High School in 1969. He enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and was honorably discharged. 

 

Tom worked for Wells Fargo as a security officer until 1972 when he began a career with the US Postal Service. In 1986 he and his former wife Karen began Pine Cone Creations, a craft business. The USPS retired him in 1987 due to injury. In 1992 he began working for Fox Protective Services, doing security work in Timber Pines, Fl. 

 

He obtained his private investigator license from the state of Florida in 1994 and worked in insurance fraud cases. 

 

He moved to North Dakota in 2002, and married Kathy Soma in 2004. Tom worked as a personal representative and as an investigator for an attorney, finally retiring in 2017.

 

Thomas is survived by wife Kathy of Cooperstown, a brother Donald (wife Fran) California, 3 daughters, Christine (Kevin) McNamara, Kelly (Otis) Bryan, and Lori (Aaron) Greenberg, and 4 grandchildren, all residing in Florida. And his ever faithful companions, Pip and Betty. 

 

He was preceded in death by his parents and twin brother Bob. 

 

A Memorial Service will be Thursday, May 30, 2024 at 2:00 pm in the Trinity Lutheran Church, Cooperstown, ND.  Interment will me Thursday, May 30, 2024 in the Westley Cemetery at 8:30 pm, rural Cooperstown, ND

 

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