Thomas W. CAVANAUGH

CAVANAUGH, HOPKINS, BARRER, HARRINGTON, STIVERS

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 2/18/2012 at 21:16:36

January 27, 1933 ---- February 14, 2012

Thomas W. Cavanaugh, 79, of Hendersonville, North Carolina died Tuesday, February 14, 2012, at The Elizabeth House. He grew up in Clarion, Iowa, a son of the late Herbert E. Cavanaugh and Clare W. Cavanaugh. Prior to moving to Hendersonville six years ago, he had previously lived in several different states, including California, Virginia, and Maryland. A veteran of the US Navy and US Air Force Reserve he was a Lt. Commander in the US Public Health Service. He graduated from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa where he received his BS in Pharmacy. His longtime career in the pharmacy culminated in his retirement in 1993 after 25 years with the Food and Drug Administration, where he was a Consumer Safety Officer. He was a member of the Rho Chi Society, Phi Delta Chi, the American Pharmacists Association, and was still a registered pharmacist. He attended Mud Creek Baptist Church.

Surviving is his wife of 56 years, Sandy D. Cavanaugh; five children Michael T. Cavanaugh and wife, Lynnell Hopkins, of Concord, Calif., Kathleen D. Harrington and husband, Michael, of Pembroke Pines, Fla., Carol A. Barrer and husband, Tom, of Hendersonville, James W. Cavanaugh and wife, Cynthia, of Wadsworth, Ohio, and Rebecca S. Stivers and husband, David, of Millington, Maryland; 11 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and one brother, John Cavanaugh and wife, Virginia, of Libertyville, Ill.

A memorial service will be at 10 a.m. on Friday at Mud Creek Baptist Church. Rev. Chris Hefner will officiate. Burial will take place at noon Friday at the Western Carolina State Veterans Cemetery. Tom always kept many pets throughout his life and felt that they were a great source of entertainment and comfort. He passed on his love of animals to many family members. He loved to travel and some of his favorite memories were from trips to Japan, Ireland, and the Green Shutters Inn in Boothbay Harbor, Maine. Tom also loved to go fishing and hunting. He began these hobbies back in Iowa with his father and continued throughout his adult years. Memorial contributions may be made to Best Friends Animal Society, 5001 Angel Canyon Road, Kanab, Utah 84741. Forest Lawn Funeral Home is assisting the family.

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