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Thomas J. Hughes

   

  

Thomas Hughes

Thomas J. Hughes, MD, 90, passed away on February 8, 2011. He attended Rural School in Tempe, Brophy High School in Phoenix, Bellarmine Prep in Santa Clara, CA, and Santa Clara University, and graduated from Creighton University in Omaha, NE, with a degree in medicine. Thomas served overseas in the Army as a medic at the close of World War II. Thomas served the Tempe community as a family doctor and ASU football team doctor, also volunteering his time at the ASU Health Center and with the Boy Scouts. Thomas loved music and sang with the Scottsdale Symphony Orchestra, performing in venues around the Valley and at Carnegie Hall and in Europe. He is survived by his wife, Nonie Hughes, a sister, four children, five grandchildren plus two of Nonie's children and two of her grandchildren. Thomas was preceded in death by his first wife and the mother of his children, Penelope Peck Hughes and his two brothers.

  

February 8, 2011