Kathy Pinna
Memorial website created by Nanette Fynan:
As part of a Legacy.com memorial website that Nanette Fynan created, the following memories were left:
Tom was witty and fun, brilliant and thoughtful. He outshone every one of his peers with his intelligence and hard work. He loved to play games and to keep the family laughing with his jokes and humor. We miss him so much because his presence was so special to us. He was someone I could always turn to when I needed advice; he was gentle and thoughtful in his responses. He was kind to his brothers, most of the time...! He was never shallow and didn't hold grudges. He always was persistent, he kept trying until it got too much for him. That was when he started to have mental problems. At 16 there was just too much stuff. His future began to haunt him and he was on a collision track with his hormones. Finally, after 2 years of unsucessful therapy at Kaiser Permanente, he took his life rather than face more uncertainty, confusion and misery. I wish he'd held on a lot longer, trusted us to find someone to help him. Like Tam Lin, he dwelt too long and was held hostage to the strange world of his mind.
Also, the following was added:
Tom played cello. He played with our local Celtic jam session, a group of kids that met once a month to play music together. He was a killer computer programmer. He loved to read and was never without a book in his hand. He loved Harry Potter and JRR Tokien. His board games and computer games gave him lots of mental stimulation and his friends had a board game group that met often. He was accepted into Caltech as a transfer student, a rare privelege. His work with a computer security class at Sonoma State University was featured in Newsweek Magazine
Tom wrote great poetry. He had a knack for rhyming.
Tom was witty and fun, brilliant and thoughtful. He outshone every one of his peers with his intelligence and hard work. He loved to play games and to keep the family laughing with his jokes and humor. We miss him so much because his presence was so special to us. He was someone I could always turn to when I needed advice; he was gentle and thoughtful in his responses. He was kind to his brothers, most of the time...! He was never shallow and didn't hold grudges. He always was persistent, he kept trying until it got too much for him. That was when he started to have mental problems. At 16 there was just too much stuff. His future began to haunt him and he was on a collision track with his hormones. Finally, after 2 years of unsucessful therapy at Kaiser Permanente, he took his life rather than face more uncertainty, confusion and misery. I wish he'd held on a lot longer, trusted us to find someone to help him. Like Tam Lin, he dwelt too long and was held hostage to the strange world of his mind.
Also, the following was added:
Tom played cello. He played with our local Celtic jam session, a group of kids that met once a month to play music together. He was a killer computer programmer. He loved to read and was never without a book in his hand. He loved Harry Potter and JRR Tokien. His board games and computer games gave him lots of mental stimulation and his friends had a board game group that met often. He was accepted into Caltech as a transfer student, a rare privelege. His work with a computer security class at Sonoma State University was featured in Newsweek Magazine
Tom wrote great poetry. He had a knack for rhyming.
