Thomas L. Radke, Sr., passed away at home on May 3, 2012, in Lacey, WA. Tom and his wife Carmen, who survives him, raised many of their nine children on Gold Beach, in a house Tom helped design in 1981. He liked the mountain appearing across the water, the ferry commute to Boeing (well, more the ferry than the commute), and bantering with his fellow Islanders.  He was raised in San Francisco and the Air Force stationed him in seven different states, but Vashon was his home. His children – Susan (Radke-Sproull), Andrew, Ann (Schmidt), John “Brooks,” Bill, Jane (Slade), Martha (Nogales), Thomas, Jr., and Melinda “Molly” (Boatman) – and his many grandkids will miss him and love him forever. At his request, no public funeral services are planned.

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