Tom Hyer passed away peacefully at the age of 97, surrounded by his family. His was truly a “life well-lived.”
He was a descendant of one of Sweet Home’s earliest pioneer families, the Thompsons. As a youngster, he attended Beulah Land School on Pleasant Valley Road with his brothers, Jim and Karel, and sister Mona. There, he met lifelong family friends including Blair Smith, Bill, Jerry and Keith Gabriel.
At the height of World War…