Obituary of Thomas "Tom" Hammel

Thomas (Tom) Hammel April 3, 1955 - February 16, 2014 He was a Loving Husband, Father, Son, Brother, born in Dayton Ohio attended Dayton City Schools. Served 6 years in the U. S. Army. He was employed at Nu-New Investments then Allied Wine & Spirits before moving to Stockton, California in 1986 where he was employed by Star Beverage (Bell Distributing) and then Nor-Cal Beverage. He was a member of New Hope Church (Galt, CA), Morning Star Lodge of FAM, and was Past Patron of Stockton Chapter Order of Eastern Star Tom is survived by his wife of 36 years Terry, his 4 children: Elizabeth (John) Jantzen (Stockton), Tracy (Matt) Shorey (Galt), Tom II (Jami) Hammel (Irvine), Kristina Hammel (Santa Cruz) His 13 grandchildren: James Hammel, Lexi Miller, Jacob Norkett, Garrick Jantzen, Kyle Jantzen, Alyssa Jantzen, Matthew Shorey, Evan Shorey, Gabriel Shorey, Kylie Hammel, Brittan Hammel, Klrissa Griffis, Jamielynn Hammel, his 2 great-grandsons: Aiden Woodard, Ryan Ochoa. His parents: Beverly Sutton (Dayton, OH), Clayton Hammel (Dayton, OH), his sibblings: Bonnie Blankenship (Dayton,OH) Debbie Young (Clearwater, FL), Linda Laird (Kokomo, IN), Vicki Barker (Xenia, OH), William (Bill) Sutton (Dayton, OH), Rena Sutton, Alan Gene Sutton, Denny Sutton. His In-Laws: Alice Trnka (Dayton, OH), Sandra Mc Guire (Dayton, OH) Kathy (Bob) Camarena (Elk Grove, CA) Sharon (Paul) Stoner (Stockton, CA), Janet (Paul) Schwartz (Defiance, OH) And numerous nieces and nephews. Tom loved working with youth, he always said they are our future and need good direction, listen to what they are saying and doing and guide them as best you can to expand on it.