NameThomas TOMAMICHEL Jr. ![](../img/i_tree.png)
Birth22 Mar 1886, Reno, Washoe County, Nevada4232,4337
Death13 Mar 1942, Sparks, Washoe County, Nevada66,4337
Burial16 Mar 1942, Masonic Cemetery, Reno, Washoe County, Nevada4337
OccupationBartender; bottler H.C. Heidtmann; locomotive engineer
Alias/AKATom
Spouses
Birth24 Aug 1879, La Salle, Illinois
Memo1920 census
Death3 Feb 1960, Reno, Washoe County, Nevada
MemoNSJ 5 Feb 1960, p. 8; also REG 3 Feb 1960 p. 3
Burial5 Feb 1960, Mountain View Cemetery, Washoe County, Nevada4337
Obituary notes for Thomas TOMAMICHEL Jr.
Nevada State Journal, 15 March 1942, p. 8
Deaths
TOMAMICHEL – In Sparks Mar. 13, 1942 Thomas Tomamichel husband of Mrs. Edith Tomamichel of Sparks, brother of Mrs. Mary L. Kester and Mrs. Edna K. Van Tassel of Reno. A member of the B.L.F. and E. and B.L.L. of Sparks and Neighbors of Woodcraft and the Nevadans. A native of Reno, Nevada.
Friends are invited to attend funeral services Monday afternoon at two o’clock at the hoe chapel of the Roos-Burke Company. The Rev. Guth Sibbald, clergyman. Interment, Masonic Cemetery.
Reno Evening Gazette, Saturday, March 14, 1942
SPARKS ENGINEER DIES SUDDENLY
Tom Tomamichel Taken By Death
Thomas "Tom" Tomamichel, a lifetime Nevada resident, died suddenly at 11 o'clock last night at his home in Sparks. He was 55 years old.
Born in Reno, Mr. Tomamichel went to work for the Southern Pacific Company at an early age, first as a locomotive fireman. He was soon promoted to engineer, and was one of the oldest engineers in point of service on the division.
He was a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, and the Neighbors of Woodcraft.