Thomas Jay Wacker passed away at his home in Littleton, Colorado on April 19, 2014. He was born on March 21, 1959 at home 912 Mulberry Street, Yankton, South Dakota delivered by his parents Elmer Albert and Barbara Ann Buck Wacker.

He was baptized in the Congregational Church in Yankton, SD in 1959 and confirmed in the Congregational Church in Cheyenne, WY in 1976.

He started walking (running) at age 9 months and never stopped. He graduated from Broomfield High School, Broomfield, Co., in 1977 followed by Vocational Training in many Occupations.

He classified himself as an Entrepreneur his real love was the Entertainment Field and that stayed with him all his life. He worked many places and he built 3 Companies to the top only to see them fail. At age 20 he took a band to New York and recorded a song under the Wacker Label. He was a published author in 2009. He lived in London England for 9 months. Starting over was always a challenge to him sometimes with only pennies saved. His last was the creation of a Simple-Pedic Luxury Mattress Line and Sales.

He married twice and divorced twice.

He enjoyed doing many things as writing, sports and spending time with family.

He is survived by his parents, 2 sons, 1 daughter, 5 grandchildren, 1 brother,2 sisters, several nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, cousins and a large number of friends and business associates.

He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Calvin and Magdalena Fischer Wacker and Basil W and Virginia Tystad Buck, several aunts, uncles and cousins.

My Father always called his children THE GREAT ONES Thomas was indeed A GREAT ONE and a blessing to his parents.