Thomas Wayne Harruff Sr.,56, of Boyer,PA,died on August 1,2009 at Butler Memorial Hospital.
Thomas was born in New Castle on March 5,1953 the son of G. Gaylord Harruff and Shirley L. Hatfield Harruff Buckel. He Married the former Margaret M. Goodman on June 8,1974. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1972 to 1978 serving on the USS John F. Kennedy C-V67 and attended New Castle Business College.Tom retired from the U.S. Postal Service in 2005 as a fork lift driver after 20 years of service. Tom was a avid outdoorsman who collected guns and did reloading. He enjoyed remote control cars and planes, reading and history. Most of all he enjoyed his time spent with his grandchildren. He attended Butler Weslyan Church.
Besides his mother and wife he is survived by one daughter,Kerry L. Stanford(Frank) of Cranberry Twp.,three sons Thomas W. Harruff Jr.(Cindy)of cranberry Twp.,Kenneth S. Harruff (Mindy),of Butler and L/CPL Dominic M. Pagley (Jamie) of North Carolina.One Brother, David (Esther) Harruff of New Castle and one sister Kathy (Robert) Taylor of New Castle.he is also survived by his twelve grandchildren
He was preceded in death by his father and his Step Father Richard Buckel
Visitation will be from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday and 10 to 11:00 a.m. Thursday at the J. Bradley McGonigle Funeral Home and Crematory,Inc. 111 W. Falls St. New Castle
A funeral service will be conducted at 11:00 A.M. Thursday at the funeral home. The Rev, William F. Fish will officiate.Full Military rites will be conducted by the New Castle Area Honor Guard