I worked for Tom for several years at Donnelley Marketing in Nevada, Iowa early in my IT career. Tom was a great leader for our team and the best and smartest manager that I ever worked for! From time to time our team was under a good deal of pressure, but Tom always had a way of calming us down. Sometimes that meant him approaching the whole team or individuals with discussions of topics having nothing to do with work.
I remember working on a project that was behind schedule, so Tom took on part of the programming work to help the team out. That was clearly beyond the call of duty for him as the team manager.
Tom was also very supportive of me when I had a serious family crisis to deal with.
I pray and trust that God will comfort your hearts until you are reunited with Tom again someday.