Thomas LeRoy Condon

Thomas “Tom” LeRoy Condon was born on August 27, 1928 at St. Cloud.  He lived most of his youth at Forest City and Cedar Mills.  He met the love of his life, Virginia Baune, at a Whoopee John dance at Olivia.  Seven months later, he and Virginia were married on Nov. 10, 1953 in St. Anne’s Catholic Church at Wabasso.  Early in their marriage, they lived in Hutchinson.  They outgrew their small house and in 1970 moved to their farm near Silver Lake.  For the last 16 years, Tom and Virginia wintered at Pine to Palm Resort Park at Weslaco, TX, where he ran the Bingo games for many years.

Tom passed away lovingly surrounded by his family at Glencoe Regional Health Services on June 1, 2016 at the age of 87 years and 9 months.

Tom worked as a truck driver for 37 years at Hutchinson Manufacturing, and since 1970 he also farmed on the side.  He was blessed to have worked in two careers that he loved. 

He enjoyed playing cards and Yatzee, visiting relatives, teasing Mom to stir up her dander as he winked to us kids, taking Sunday drives after church to check out the area fields, going on daily walks up and down the rows in his own fields as he was proud of his crops, and taking us kids along on rides in the truck.  

Along with three of his brother in laws, he was a charter member of the Knights of Columbus at St. Anastasia Church at Hutchinson.  He currently was a KC member at Holy Family at Silver Lake. He was very faithful to his Catholic faith and never missed Mass without a very good reason.

He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Virginia, and their children: Barbara Stelzner, Thomas (Rhonda)  Condon, Veronica (Paul) Fiecke, James (Kathy) Condon, Stephen (Kathy) Condon, Vincent (Rose) Condon, Charles (Julie) Condon, Liz (Mike) Bacon, Gina Riss, Bernadette (Craig) Rasmussen, and Paul (Bethany) Condon; his siblings Betty Maresch, Ardella (Joseph) O’Fallon, Diane (John) Bastian, and Michael Condon; 41 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. 

Grandchildren:  Jennifer Hunt, Rebecca Aase, Thomas Condon, Erik (Hannah) Condon, Kara  Condon; Shannon Fiecke, Dustin Fiecke, Timothy Fiecke, Andrew Fiecke; Jacob (Heather) Condon, Daniel (Shelly) Condon, Laura Condon, Theresa (Mike) Lucin; Samantha Condon, Christopher Condon, Kimberly Condon, Allison Condon; John (Jennifer)Condon, Michael (Kristen) Condon, Michelle (Nick) Pramann; Ted Condon, Lee Condon; Nic Bacon, Amber Bacon, Cody Bacon, Mikenzee Bacon; Natasha Forcier, Joshua Forcier, Justin Forcier, Brianna Forcier; Jedediah Rasmussen, Hosanna(Rob) Termaat, Christian Rasmussen, Abigail Rasmussen; Greg Condon, Jeremy Condon, Nicole Condon, and step grandchildren Cody Jensen, Nate Smith, Zach Smith, and Emelia Smith.

He was preceded in death by his parents, William and Marie Condon; father and mother in law Clarence and Marie Baune; son in law Thomas Stelzner; great grandson Mason; sister Cathy Ewald and her husband Ray; brother Wm Howard and his wife Myrtle; sister Lanora Schlueter and her husband Alvin; brother Patrick; brother in laws Harold Maresch, Gerald Baune, and Leslie Schroeder; sister in laws Jean Baune, Barbara Baune, and Kathy Baune.

A Concelebrated Mass of Christian burial for Thomas “Tom” Condon will be held at Holy Family Catholic Church in Silver Lake on Monday June 6th at 11:00 am.  Concelebrants will be Father Paul Schumacher, Father Tony Stubeda and Father Todd Petersen.  Interment will follow at St. Joseph’s Catholic Cemetery at Silver Lake.

A visitation will be held at the Maresh Funeral Home in Silver Lake on Sunday June 5th from 4:00 – 8:00 p.m.  A Knights of Columbus Rosary will be held at 5:00 P.M. and a Prayer Service at 7:00 P.M.   Further visitation will be held Monday morning June 6th 9:30-10:30 am. at the funeral home.

Honorary pallbearers are Nic Bacon, Daniel Condon, Timothy Fiecke, Josh Forcier, Jedediah Rasmussen, John Condon, Thomas Condon, and Greg Condon.

Pallbearers are his six sons, Thomas Jr., James, Stephen, Vincent, Charles and Paul Condon.

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