IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Thomas L.
Burgum
June 12, 1935 – March 18, 2016
Obituary
Tom Burgum, 80, died of cancer on March 18, 2016 at his home in Florida surrounded by his family.
A memorial service will be held at 1:00 PM Saturday, May 28th at the Washburn United Methodist Church in Washburn, ND with Pastor Cory Thrall officiating. Inurnment will be in the Riverview Cemetery, Washburn.
Thomas was born in June 12, 1935 in Jamestown, ND to Leslie R. and Blanche G. Burgum. As a young man, he served in the US Army infantry from 1955 to 1957 in peacetime Berlin, Germany.
He graduated from Jamestown (ND) College and the University Of North Dakota School Of Law. He practiced law for six years in North Dakota. He moved to Washington, DC in 1972 to work for US Senator Quentin Burdick (D-ND). He was the staff director for the Bankruptcy Reform Committee; he also served on the US Senate Judiciary Committee, the US Senate Appropriations Committee and on the staff of Senator Burdick. In 1980, he was appointed Deputy Undersecretary of Agriculture for Rural Development during the Carter Administration. Subsequently he formed a lobbying firm with several other colleagues.
He retired to Florida in 2002 and had a wonderful time for 14 years. He was an active member of the Longboat Key Tennis Center where he had many dear friends; wrote a weekly column on national political issues for the Longboat Key News and tutored students at the Emma E. Booker Elementary School.
He was loved by those close enough to enjoy the kind of meaningful and informed discussions that he savored. Years of reading, politics and from-the-street anecdotes swirled in and around and through him while he smiled, cracked jokes and took life hand in hand with his favorite Punch cigar.
Burgum loved baseball and most especially the Cleveland Indians. He fell in love with them in 1948 when they most recently won the World Series and remained loyal ever since - through tears, travail and despair.
He is survived by his wife of 41 years, Mary Cohen; his three sons, John, James and Thomas and their wives; & six grandchildren .
Donations may be made to the McLean Family Resource Center, a domestic shelter, at 719 Main Ave, Washburn, ND 58577.
A memorial service will be held at 1:00 PM Saturday, May 28th at the Washburn United Methodist Church in Washburn, ND with Pastor Cory Thrall officiating. Inurnment will be in the Riverview Cemetery, Washburn.
Thomas was born in June 12, 1935 in Jamestown, ND to Leslie R. and Blanche G. Burgum. As a young man, he served in the US Army infantry from 1955 to 1957 in peacetime Berlin, Germany.
He graduated from Jamestown (ND) College and the University Of North Dakota School Of Law. He practiced law for six years in North Dakota. He moved to Washington, DC in 1972 to work for US Senator Quentin Burdick (D-ND). He was the staff director for the Bankruptcy Reform Committee; he also served on the US Senate Judiciary Committee, the US Senate Appropriations Committee and on the staff of Senator Burdick. In 1980, he was appointed Deputy Undersecretary of Agriculture for Rural Development during the Carter Administration. Subsequently he formed a lobbying firm with several other colleagues.
He retired to Florida in 2002 and had a wonderful time for 14 years. He was an active member of the Longboat Key Tennis Center where he had many dear friends; wrote a weekly column on national political issues for the Longboat Key News and tutored students at the Emma E. Booker Elementary School.
He was loved by those close enough to enjoy the kind of meaningful and informed discussions that he savored. Years of reading, politics and from-the-street anecdotes swirled in and around and through him while he smiled, cracked jokes and took life hand in hand with his favorite Punch cigar.
Burgum loved baseball and most especially the Cleveland Indians. He fell in love with them in 1948 when they most recently won the World Series and remained loyal ever since - through tears, travail and despair.
He is survived by his wife of 41 years, Mary Cohen; his three sons, John, James and Thomas and their wives; & six grandchildren .
Donations may be made to the McLean Family Resource Center, a domestic shelter, at 719 Main Ave, Washburn, ND 58577.
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