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Reporter-Herald
Thursday, March 03,
2005 - default Edition - Edition:
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Thomas Daniel Veit passed away at the Good Samaritan Regional
Medical
Center in Corvallis, Ore., on Saturday, Feb. 26, 2005, from a
stroke. He
was 56.
Tom was born April 30, 1948, in Kossuth, Ohio, to Melvin A. and
Betty
(Rapp) Veit. The family moved to Loveland in 1956. Tom graduated
from
Loveland High School and Colorado State University in Fort
Collins.
Tom started his career at Price-Waterhouse in Denver
and then became the controller for the University of Southern
Colorado
in Pueblo. Tom moved to Alaska in 1977, where he and his brother,
Melvin, formed an accounting firm partnership, Veit & Veit,
CPAs.
Tom's love of education drew him to Alaska Pacific University,
where he
earned a master's degree in business administration and a master's
degree in liberal arts. He also taught accounting there. Tom
stayed in
Alaska until 1989.
Tom then moved to California, where he lived for 13 years and
taught at
several universities in the Bay Area. Tom's most recent positions
were
in Oregon at Oregon State University in Corvallis and Marylhurst
University in Lake Oswego.
Tom's hobbies were reading, golfing, bike riding, hiking and
spending
time with his family, whom he loved very much.
Tom is survived by his beloved wife of 18 years, Alvida; mother,
Betty
of Loveland; three children from his first mar-
riage to Sue Haugen and their spouses, Spencer and Shannon of
Albany,
Ore., Ben and Ruschel of Bend, Ore., and Rae and Mike Hollibaugh
of
Bend; and a stepson and his wife, Michael
and Alycia Gencarelle of Folsom, Calif. He is also survived by
seven
grandchildren, Brittany, Jordan, Jacob, Crystal, Madison, Hayden
and
Thomas; four brothers, Mike of Loveland, Melvin of Willow, Alaska,
George of Prescott, Ariz., and Mark of Anchorage, Alaska; and two
sisters, Mary Haskin of Loveland, and Faye Veit-Parker of
Montgomery,
Texas.
He was preceded in death by his father, Melvin, earlier this year.
A memorial Mass was held Feb. 28 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in
Albany, Ore.
Memorial contributions in Tom's name can be made to the American
Diabetes Association in care of DeMoss-Durdan Funeral Home, 815
N.W.
Buchanan Ave., Corvallis, OR 97330.