Thomas J. Call
January 12, 1930 ~ July 21, 2024
Lt Col. Army, Ret. Thomas J. (T.J.) Call passed away July 21, 2024 at age 94. Born January 12, 1930 to Fred A Call and Gracie Elene Whittlow Call in Lawton, Oklahoma. T.J. attended Lincoln Elementary, Lawton Junior High and High School graduating in 1948. He graduated from Oklahoma A&M College (Oklahoma State) in 1953 having received a commission of 2nd Lt. in the Corps of Engineers, US Army and a BS in Geology. T.J. met Nancy Terrill while in college and they were married in 1952. Upon graduation, T.J. worked for Southern Geophysical Co on the gulf coast for a year before entering the Army in 1954 where he served 20 years attaining the rank of Lt. Colonel. In those 20 years he served in Germany, Vietnam and Korea as well as several posts in the US. He retired from the Chief of Engineer’s Office in Washington D.C. in 1974. He obtained a position with Bechtel Engr. In San Francisco and after seven years there opened an office in Oak Ridge TN for a Bechtel project. Retiring in 1986 he and Nancy began traveling the country for the next two years. They finally settled in beautiful New Braunfels, TX. T.J. was active in the community; as a docent at the Sophienburg Museum and Archives, as a member of the Lions Club involved in their many philanthropic charities, and volunteering at the Red Cross and Visitor’s Center.
T.J. was preceded in death by his beloved wife of 66 years, Nancy. T.J. leaves behind a loving family including his three children, his six grandchildren and two great grandchildren. He will be missed.
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On behalf of The New Braunfels Noon Lions Club, we would like to extend our deepest condolences for the loss of our beloved member Lt. Col. Thomas J. (T.J.) Call, U.S. Army, Ret. Our thoughts and prayers are with the Call families. He was a wonderful person to those who knew him. We will miss him greatly. We will miss him greatly and acknowledge his passing with a mighty “ROAR.”
Tom was the epitome of a Lion. He made major contributions to many projects and to the operations of the club, and his can-do attitude was an inspiration to many of us. I hit it off with Tom when we discovered that we had both worked at Bechtel, and worked in Arzew, Algeria just a couple of years apart. His absence leaves a big hole in the New Braunfels Lions Club. He will be missed.