Toerner, Thomas J. Sr., 92, of The Woodlands, Texas, passed away on

Wednesday, May 11, 2022, surrounded by loved ones. Tom was born in

Hamilton, Ohio, on August 12, 1929, to the late Joseph and Magdalene

Toerner.

A 1947 graduate of Hamilton Catholic High School, Tom attended

Xavier University for one year before enlisting in the United States

Army. He served two years of active duty at Fort Dix in New Jersey and

five years in the US Army Reserve. After an honorable discharge in

1950, Tom worked at AMSCO in Cincinnati where he met Mary Romes

and fell in love. The two married in 1952 and made their home in

Hamilton where they raised their family until moving to The Woodlands

in 1982.

Tom worked for 30 years at Nicolet Industries in Hamilton before

joining Johns-Mansville in 1982. He then became a partner in Power

LoneStar, where he was awarded two utility patents for his invention of

Powercrete, a polymer concrete used to coat and insulate pipelines. After

retiring from Power LoneStar in 1994, he became a consultant in the

pipeline industry.

Tom loved his family and found great joy in spending time with his

children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. He loved playing cards,

especially pitch and bridge, working on jigsaw puzzles and solving

crossword puzzles. He was a lifelong Reds fan and Xavier men's

basketball fan. He never knew a stranger.

Tom traveled for work and for pleasure, and he and Mary visited all 50

states as well as several countries overseas. He could recall small towns

and highways, and his family liked to joke that he always knew a

shortcut.

Tom was loving, smart, honest and hard-working. All who knew him

will miss his good sense of humor, integrity, generosity and kindness.

Tom is survived by his children Jane (Lawrence) Toerner-Brown,

Martha (Michael) Lopinto, Elizabeth (Donald) Tassone, Thomas

(Pamela) Toerner, Jr, Terri (Thomas) Barbush and Edward (Theresa)

Toerner. He also is survived by 16 grandchildren: Meredith Brown, Lee

(Jen) Brown, Caroline (Pat) Ward, Joe (Michelle) Lopinto, Matt

(Lindsay) Lopinto, Ann (Tim) Poirier, Patrick (Megan) Tassone, Mary

(Jon) Virgi, Chris (Lindsey) Tassone; Amanda (David) Saliba, Nancy

Toerner, Maggie Toerner, Stephen Barbush, Rob Barbush, Hannah

Toerner and Dan (Lauren) Toerner, 21 great grandchildren; sisters Ann

Toerner-Rich and Kathy Kennedy; and many nieces and nephews.

He is preceded in death by his wife of 68 years, Mary; two children,

Nancy and Stephen; parents, Joseph and Magdalene Toerner; brother,

Paul (Mary Ellen) Toerner; mother- and father-in-law, Caroline and

Edward Romes; and in-laws Mildred Romes, Florence Romes, Elmer

(Ethel) Romes and Rita (Edward) Gropp, Dick Rich and John Kennedy.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered on Wednesday, May 25, at

12:30 p.m. at Queen of Peace Catholic Church, 2550 Millville Ave,

Hamilton, OH. Visitation will be held from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at the church.

In lieu of flowers, donations in Tom's memory may be made to the

Down Syndrome Association of Greater Cincinnati, 4623 Wesley Ave,

Suite A, Cincinnati, OH 45212 or online at dsagc.com or to the

Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, Southeast (Ohio River Valley) PO

Box 22443, New York, NY 10087-2443 or online at lls.org/ohio and

designate the Ohio River Valley chapter.