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Thomas Leonard Michaels

December 11, 1938 — January 10, 2025

Thomas Leonard Michaels, 86, of Proctorville, Ohio, husband of Velda Joanne Michaels, passed away Friday, January 10, 2025, at St. Mary's Medical Center, Huntington.  He was born December 11, 1938, in Beaverdale, Pennsylvania, a son of the late John Ellis and Ethel Law Michaels.  Tom was a veteran of the US Marine Corps and retired from Owens-Illinois.  He was a former bus driver with the Wayne County Board of Education.  He was an avid coon and rabbit hunter and loved listening to the dogs run and also swap stories with fellow hunters/friends.  Tom enjoyed playing Pickleball and meeting special (new) people it brought into his life.  He loved his family and grandchildren.  In addition to his parents he was also preceded in death by his wives Elizabeth Ann Michaels and Loretta Jean Wilson Michaels; brothers, Larry Michaels and Ted Michaels and sisters Gloria Smith and Sue Gobble.  Additional survivors include daughter Lucia (Chris) Hayden; stepsons John (Jennifer) Fitzpatrick, Mikie Fitzpatrick and Paul (Tassin) Fitzpatrick.  Tom was known as Paw Paw to Riley Hayden, Erinn Hayden, Jack Hayden, Jillian Belford, Chris Fitzpatrick and Emma Fitzpatrick.  His brothers Earl (Lynn) Michaels and Wade Micheals and sister Kathy Brown all survive Tom.  A Funeral Mass will be conducted on Friday, January 24, 2025 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church at 11:00 AM.  Rite of Committal will follow at 1 pm at the Kentucky Veterans Cemetery, Northeast, Greenup, KY.  Friends may call from 10 am until service time on Friday at the Church.  Reger Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements.  www.regerfh.com.

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Visitation

Friday, January 24, 2025

10:00 - 11:00 am (Eastern time)

Sacred Heart Catholic Church

2015 Adams Avenue, Huntington, WV 25704

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Funeral Liturgy

Friday, January 24, 2025

11:00am - 12:00 pm (Eastern time)

Sacred Heart Catholic Church

2015 Adams Avenue, Huntington, WV 25704

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Burial

Kentucky Veterans Cemetery North East

100 Veterans Memorial Drive, Argillite, KY 41121

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