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Thomas Louis BaRoss, 90, passed away on July 21. Thomas was born May 26, 1931, in Greenlawn, Long Island, New York. He was married to Genevieve Ann Cushing BaRoss, the love of his life.

Tom graduated from the University of Connecticut with a bachelor of science degree. He was an Air Force ROTC member and president of the Arnold Air Society and received the Connecticut Reserve Officers Outstanding Basic Cadets Award.

Upon graduation he entered the insurance field for two years then moved onto retailing with mercantile stores of New York, then moved to Mobile, Alabama as a buyer of domestic then Merchandise Myer stores children’s, juniors, and woman’s departments. In 1964, he moved back to New York and Connecticut to sell Caterpillar tractors and machinery, introducing many of the special models for land clearing and scrap yards, thus was written up worldwide in the Caterpillar Magazine.

He later joined the Chadwick-BaRoss Co. in Maine and sold the largest cranes ever in the East to the Seabrook Atomic Plant in New Hampshire. After retiring from selling equipment, Tom started a building company developing Greenspring’s and Woodgate subdivisions. He also built the Hammonasset Racquetball Club, which is now Harbor View Medical Building.

Visitation for Thomas was held July 26 in Swan Funeral Home, Madison. A Mass of Christian burial was held on July 27 in St. Margaret’s Church, Madison, followed by burial in West Cemetery, Madison.

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.swanfuneralhomemadison.com for the BaRoss family.