| Graduation Year | Class of 1989 |
| Date of Passing | Feb 25, 2010 |
| About | THOMAS B. ROAT, Davisburg, formerly of Caro THOMAS B. ROAT Davisburg, formerly of Caro Passed away on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010 at Genesys Health Care in Grand Blanc, at the age of 39. He was born on June 7, 1970 in Caro to the late Bernard and Velma (Grace) Roat. Tom was a 1989 graduate of Caro High School, and then attended Davenport University, majoring in Business. He was employed by AVI Foodsystems as a general manager at Wayne State University. Tom loved dogs, Pookie and Aspen, and doted on them. He enjoyed people and spending time on Facebook, playing games on the computer, Nintendo Wii and gardening. Family was extremely important to Tom, and he became president of the Grace Reunion. He was becoming very involved in cancer-related activities. He is survived by his life partner, Jason Dupras of Davisburg; his siblings, Gary (Laura) Anderson of Caro, Mike (Jennifer) Anderson of Fairgrove, Sandy Ewald of Caro, Rodney Anderson of Texas, Rick (Linda) Roat of Burton, Teresa (Rodney) Brown of Caro and Scott (Marianne) Roat of Burton; three aunts, Marion Noell of Burton, Lillian (Dale) Nelson of Burton and Barbara Miller of Florida; Tom’s second family, the Dupras family and several nieces, nephews and cousins. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by the remainder of his siblings. Funeral service will be held at Collon Funeral Home in Caro on Monday, March 1 at 1 p.m. with Chris Taylor facilitating. Cremation will follow the service. Visitation will be held at Collon Funeral Home on Monday, March 1 from 10 a.m. until time of service at 1 p.m. Memorials may be made to the Thomas B. Roat family discretionary fund, c/o Teresa Brown, 302 S. State St., Caro, MI 48723. Feel free to share your thoughts, memories and prayers with the family at www.collonfuneralhome.com. |
