Thomas M Bauer, VP of sales Great Vines Beverage Selling Solutions and resident of Delray Beach, FL., died unexpectedly on July 3, 2016 at the age of 50.
Tom is survived by his sons; Mason, Braden, & Brice, his parents; Rosemary (Ray) & Mike, his sisters; Rebecca & Renee, his brothers Steven, Ray & Chris, many cousins, nephews and nieces whom he loved very much. He is survived by many close friends from Delray Beach, FL, New York, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee and as far west as California who loved him and will miss him greatly.
Tom was born in Germantown, Ohio on January 28, 1966. He grew up in Ghent, Kentucky where he attended Carroll County High School. He played baseball & football and graduated with the class of 1984. Tom attended and graduated from Eastern Kentucky University in 1988 with a BS degree in Business Management and Marketing. While at EKU, Tom was employed as a Resident Assistant at Commonwealth Hall. He was member of Lambda Chi Alpha, where he served as Vice President and was an active member in all events. Tom loved the Pittsburgh Steelers and hated this Cincinnati “Bungals” as he called them, He enjoyed the rivalry with his "Bungal" fans.
Tom moved to Delray Beach in June 2014. He loved the beach and always said he was “Livin’ the Dream.” Tom saw himself as “a fun loving, free spirited, true southern gentleman, who enjoys great conversation, good people and cherish true friendships.” This was Tom. Tom loved to travel, loved his three boys and his dog “Lil Mo”. Tom had a favorite word “Faith”. He once said there is “no more powerful word on this Earth than Faith.” Tom believed in God’s plan and had “Faith” that God had his back.
Tom would frequently end a conversation with his favorite words….”God is Good”
Tom Bauer will be deeply missed by his friends, family, and all who knew him.
There will be memorial services for celebrating Tom’s life held this weekend, Aug 6 & 7.
Let’s make this weekend a time to celebrate Tom (Spice) Bauer’s life.
Richmond / Lexington Ky Area. – EKU memorial: Saturday Aug 6 (10am – 11:30am)
There will be a memorial service to celebrate the life of Brother Tom Bauer being held at EKU, in Richmond, Ky. on August 6th. We have the Walnut Room in the Keene Johnson building reserved. The service will begin at 10AM, but we have the room from 9:30-11:30. Please bring pictures to share with us, but most of all bring yourself.
This is NOT exclusively limited to Lambda Chi's, if you know of anyone who knew or met Tom and would like to attend and celebrate with us please pass the information along.
Northern Ky / Cincinnati Area – Winton Woods Park Memorial: Sunday Aug 7 (2pm – 5pm)
Please join us in celebrating the life of Tom Bauer (Spice) This will be a casual gathering. We will share stories, reminisce over pictures, have his favorite song sung and eat near the lake. All things that Spice loved to do.
Please invite anyone, but RSVP thru Kelly Dorsey Burdick Facebook page event page or private message her. There will be a donation taken up at this event in honor of Spice (Tom) that will be given to "Kicks for Kids". This is an organization that Tom volunteered with while he lived in the Cincy area. If you can not make the memorial and still want to dontate "Kicks for Kids", please do in the name of Tom Bauer (Spice).
In lieu of flowers, post a your favorite story or upload your favorite photo(s), song, or video that remembers Tom.
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I could fill up page after page of my favorite memories of my dear friend Spice but one that sticks out the most is when we were at a trade show in Massachusetts. After a long day of work at a trade show myself and Spice decided to join our Powercall buddies, Dave and Jasen, at our hotel pool. Everyone was sitting around the pool except Spice. He was "changing." All of a sudden he runs into the pool area butt naked and jumps in! We were shocked for about half a second and then just continued our conversations, laughing and having fun!
That was the thing about Spice! He always lived life to the fullest! He didn't care what other people thought of him. He always knew how to put a smile on my face, even on the toughest days. He got me through some of the hardest times of my life and for that I will forever be grateful!
He wore his heart on his sleeve. He lived hard, laughed hard and loved harder! I will forever miss my dear Spice! I loved him like a brother! I will cherish our love for each other and friendship forever!
Love, Your Sugar
P.S. Below is a card that Spice sent me at Christmas. It is probably one of most meaningful cards anyone has ever written me. I will weep over it often and cherish it forever! I love you Spice!