Tom G. Rathbone III
Sept. 27, 1943-Aug. 21, 2012
Lincoln City, Oregon
Submitted by Shelly R. Vinson

Tom Rathbone passed away from cancer on Aug. 21, 2012. He was born in Rhode Island to Tom Rathbone Jr. and Doris M. Rathbone. The family moved to Seattle, Wash., when he was an infant and lived there until 1959. They then moved to Mountain View, Calif., where Tom attended Mountain View high school.

He moved to Sunnyvale, Calif., after getting out of the Navy. He met and married his current wife, Teryel, in Oregon. He and Teryel managed hotels on the West Coast and finally settled in Lincoln City, Ore.

Tom is survived by his wife, Teryel; brother, Mike, and his wife, Joyce, in Las Vegas, Nev.; sister, Shelly, and her husband, Rick, in Vallejo, Calif.; and brother, Greg, and his partner, Richard, in Palm Springs, Calif.

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