Thomas Biller
March 19, 1937 - Aug. 7, 2024
My cousin Lisa asked me to write a paragraph about her father, my Uncle Tom. Most who knew him called him Tommy, but years ago he told me he wanted to be called Tom. I didn’t know if he was drinking or if he was just tired of being the baby brother, but from that time on I have called him Uncle Tom.
Tom was the youngest of seven brothers and each was special, but I’m honoring Tom. He was handsome like an actor, easy to talk to, funny and charming.
Uncle Tom was always buying and selling houses and it was fun when he came to visit because he was usually driving a new car or motorcycle. He knew how to make you feel special, he cared for you. I always knew he loved me. I loved to play pool with him, if he was sober I had a chance to beat him. If he was drinking it was all over. Tom would call ridiculous shots. Bank off two or three cushions and go in a specific pocket. The sad thing is he would make these shots over and over so you knew it wasn’t luck!
Uncle Tom had a serious accident at work that should have killed him. At that time his first marriage was ending as well. His his daughter, my cousin lisa was 14 years old at the time she quit school to take care of him to teach him to walk and talk again and took care
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