Betty Lou, my twin, and I were taken away from our Mother's care, by the Court System in Ohio, as our Mother, Theo Alice Sello (born: Goodrich) could not properly care, for us for financial reasons during the Depression, and put up for adoption. One of the Lawyers involved apparently knew the Osborn Family and became aware Walton and Margaret O. wanted to adopt. Thus we were raised and never knew anything beyond the fact that our Father was dead. I only found out this past year that I was Thomas Henry Sello. Otherwise I might have been running the streets of Cleveland. All at a very early age. So, life goes on. I guess we got very lucky.
Cit: Thomas email, 2019
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- Obituary
Thomas Martin Osborn, 82, of Cobham Park Road, Warren, Pennsylvania, passed away at St. Vincent Hospital in Erie on June 18, 2023, after a brief illness. Born July 16, 1940, in Cleveland, Ohio, he was the son of the late Walton and Margaret (McKinley) Osborn. On October 19, 1968, Tom married LaDonna Ritchey, who preceded him in death on September 1, 2011.
Tom was a graduate of Curwensville High School. He obtained an associate degree in mechanical technology from Jamestown Community College with high honors. He honorably served his country in the United States Navy from 1959 to 1967 where he worked as a Nuclear Reactor Plant Operator and Electronics Technician. He attended the U.S. Naval Nuclear Power School and the U.S. Naval Electronics Technical School.
Tom enjoyed a successful career of over 40 years concluding with executive and consulting roles, primarily in the nuclear power plant industry. He held multiple licenses and served utility companies throughout the lower 48 states as a plant supervisor, engineer, project manager, and training instructor. Notable employers and clients include the Pennsylvania Electric Company, General Physics Corporation, GE Nuclear Energy, Reliant Energy, G.D. Barri and Associates, Inc., Pine Mountain Technologies, LLC, D.C. Cook Nuclear Plant, and NEC Corp.
He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Warren, a life member of The American Legion in Lock Haven, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Pine Grove Sportsman's Association, National Rifle Association. American Nuclear Society, American Society for Quality Control, and a former Volunteer Fire Chief of Black Forest Fire Company, Station #36. He enjoyed traveling with his wife, LaDonna, and hunting and fishing with his stepson Tommy.
Tom is survived by a stepson, Thomas A. Moore (Terri) of Sheffield; two stepdaughters, Denise E. (Raymond) Williams of Hendersonville, TN, and Karen S. Rogers of Savannah, GA; a brother, James Osborn of Concord, MA; and a sister Elizabeth "Betty" Dishong of Antrim, NH; eight grandchildren and twenty one great-grandchildren; and his English Bulldog "Miss Molly." In addition to his parents and wife, he was preceded in death by a son, William M. Osborn; a stepdaughter Patricia M. Moore; and two brothers, John W. Osborn and Mark A. Osborn.
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Om slægterne Brændgaard & Heilesen
1940 - 2023 (82 år)
