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 of them for many years and then Years later lisa and her junior school friend Karin introduced their parents. It wasn’t long after that Tom married Barb and lisa’s friend became her stepsister. They were good for each other and had a good life together. They went through a period where they were drinking heavily until Barb had a stroke and Uncle Tom after decades of drinking quit so he could take care of Barb. U never saw him take another drink again. After Barbara‘s passing, he came back to live with his family and lisa took care of him up until the very end even after he moved into the board and care nursing facility in January, she saw him several days a week, along with her children and grandchildren it was a really tough adjustment for him, but he had his favorite golf Shows and the rodeo to watch and he had his lovely Dog Cici with him, which was such a comfort to him Uncle Tom struggled with slight brain damage from the fall he had had years ago, which was a struggle, but he was well taken care of by his family before his fall. He was pretty self-sufficient as far as cooking for himself and taking his dog for a walk around the property and enjoying watching his grandchildren, unfortunately, in January, he took a fall that left him unable to walk and had to be moved into a full boarding care facility very close to his families home so that they could keep very close contact with him and be a support system for him wile there sadly he developed a urinary tract infection that went unnoticed and turned into sepsis which claimed his life very quickly. Lisa shared with him to seek his God. Uncle Tom believed in god but was angry about the pain he was living with. . I hope Uncle Tom remembered God loves him. I loved to laugh with my Uncle Tom On hearing of Tom’s passing My cousin Gary Biller said, “This is huge. Tommy was a larger than life character to me and now the brothers are down to one. I totally agree! Having said all this, my point is I love my Uncle Tom. He was a great husband, father, brother, uncle, grandfather, great grandfather and friend. If you were his relative or friend you knew Tom Biller loved you. Robin, Lisa and all his family and friends, we have had a great loss, but wonderful memories and an example to live by. We love you and you are deeply missed by all of your family and friends.