Lebanon, N.H. — Thomas C. Brody, 86, of Lebanon and Greenwich, Conn. died on Friday, April 6, 2018, at the Jack Byrne Palliative Care and Hospice Center in Lebanon. He leaves his wife, Helen of 54 years, a son Joshua Cobb of Bridgeport, Conn.; a daughter Liza, her husband Jason Iokona Baker of Kailua, Hawaii, and a second daughter, Kelly O. Brody also of Kailua, Hawaii. He also leaves three grandchildren Koa, Kai Malie and Nai'a. The immediate family was with Tom when he died.
With a mother and grandfather who were professional writers in New York and a father, a California business man, Tom spent a good part of his young life commuting between both coasts. In later years he often shared the enjoyable times he had with the stewards, meals and cabins. He attended the University of Virginia and the University of Grenoble France which he attended on his GI Bill. On returning to the United States, he decided to follow in the footsteps of his maternal family and join the world of journalism. He began with several Westchester County N.Y. newspapers but always with the aim of returning to Europe. Bars were common meeting places for journalists waiting for a breaking story. Once over a beer, he met the publisher of the Rome Daily American. After agreeing to pay his own way to Rome, Tom was offered a job as the Sports Editor. For many years he worked for that paper including coverage of the Rome Olympics in 1960. The following Christmas, his grandmother funded a trip for him back to New York. After some prodding by his family, he applied to Sports Illustrated as a writer. To quote his hiring editor, "Anyone with such bad spelling has to be a good writer." He was hired in 1961 with the understanding that his by-line would have to change to Tom C. Brody to fit column width. It was at "SI" that he met his wife. They moved to Greenwich, Conn. to begin a family.
Many years later, while at "SI," Tom was asked to speak about his journalism career to a ninth grade English class at Connecticut's Greenwich Country Day School. It was during that talk that the teaching bug bit him. Greenwich County Day began Tom's second 30 year career. Teaching, reading, and Shakespeare became his passions for the rest of his working life. His love of sports was fulfilled by coaching football, basketball, and baseball to seventh, eighth, and ninth graders at the school. He retired in 2000 saying "I would have stayed longer if I did not have to correct all those papers." He moved to Grantham and then later to Lebanon.
There will be a private reception on April 15 in Lebanon. He will be buried with his grandfather, grandmother, and sister in the family burial plot established in Paducah, Ky. in honor of his grandfather, early 20th century humorist Irvin S. Cobb. "Until you go Paducah Kentucky, said Cobb, "you ain't been nowhere and you ain't seen nothing." said Cobb.
Contributions in Tom's memory can be made to the Friends of Osher.
With a mother and grandfather who were professional writers in New York and a father, a California business man, Tom spent a good part of his young life commuting between both coasts. In later years he often shared the enjoyable times he had with the stewards, meals and cabins. He attended the University of Virginia and the University of Grenoble France which he attended on his GI Bill. On returning to the United States, he decided to follow in the footsteps of his maternal family and join the world of journalism. He began with several Westchester County N.Y. newspapers but always with the aim of returning to Europe. Bars were common meeting places for journalists waiting for a breaking story. Once over a beer, he met the publisher of the Rome Daily American. After agreeing to pay his own way to Rome, Tom was offered a job as the Sports Editor. For many years he worked for that paper including coverage of the Rome Olympics in 1960. The following Christmas, his grandmother funded a trip for him back to New York. After some prodding by his family, he applied to Sports Illustrated as a writer. To quote his hiring editor, "Anyone with such bad spelling has to be a good writer." He was hired in 1961 with the understanding that his by-line would have to change to Tom C. Brody to fit column width. It was at "SI" that he met his wife. They moved to Greenwich, Conn. to begin a family.
Many years later, while at "SI," Tom was asked to speak about his journalism career to a ninth grade English class at Connecticut's Greenwich Country Day School. It was during that talk that the teaching bug bit him. Greenwich County Day began Tom's second 30 year career. Teaching, reading, and Shakespeare became his passions for the rest of his working life. His love of sports was fulfilled by coaching football, basketball, and baseball to seventh, eighth, and ninth graders at the school. He retired in 2000 saying "I would have stayed longer if I did not have to correct all those papers." He moved to Grantham and then later to Lebanon.
There will be a private reception on April 15 in Lebanon. He will be buried with his grandfather, grandmother, and sister in the family burial plot established in Paducah, Ky. in honor of his grandfather, early 20th century humorist Irvin S. Cobb. "Until you go Paducah Kentucky, said Cobb, "you ain't been nowhere and you ain't seen nothing." said Cobb.
Contributions in Tom's memory can be made to the Friends of Osher.
Lebanon, N.H. — Thomas C. Brody, 86, of Lebanon and Greenwich, Conn. died on Friday, April 6, 2018, at the Jack Byrne Palliative Care and Hospice Center in Lebanon. He leaves his wife, Helen of 54 years, a son Joshua Cobb of Bridgeport, Conn.; a daughter Liza, her husband Jason Iokona Baker of Kailua, Hawaii, and a second daughter, Kelly O. Brody also of Kailua, Hawaii. He also leaves three grandchildren Koa, Kai Malie and Nai'a. The immediate family was with Tom when he died.
With a mother and grandfather who were professional writers in New York and a father, a California business man, Tom spent a good part of his young life commuting between both coasts. In later years he often shared the enjoyable times he had with the stewards, meals and cabins. He attended the University of Virginia and the University of Grenoble France which he attended on his GI Bill. On returning to the United States, he decided to follow in the footsteps of his maternal family and join the world of journalism. He began with several Westchester County N.Y. newspapers but always with the aim of returning to Europe. Bars were common meeting places for journalists waiting for a breaking story. Once over a beer, he met the publisher of the Rome Daily American. After agreeing to pay his own way to Rome, Tom was offered a job as the Sports Editor. For many years he worked for that paper including coverage of the Rome Olympics in 1960. The following Christmas, his grandmother funded a trip for him back to New York. After some prodding by his family, he applied to Sports Illustrated as a writer. To quote his hiring editor, "Anyone with such bad spelling has to be a good writer." He was hired in 1961 with the understanding that his by-line would have to change to Tom C. Brody to fit column width. It was at "SI" that he met his wife. They moved to Greenwich, Conn. to begin a family.
Many years later, while at "SI," Tom was asked to speak about his journalism career to a ninth grade English class at Connecticut's Greenwich Country Day School. It was during that talk that the teaching bug bit him. Greenwich County Day began Tom's second 30 year career. Teaching, reading, and Shakespeare became his passions for the rest of his working life. His love of sports was fulfilled by coaching football, basketball, and baseball to seventh, eighth, and ninth graders at the school. He retired in 2000 saying "I would have stayed longer if I did not have to correct all those papers." He moved to Grantham and then later to Lebanon.
There will be a private reception on April 15 in Lebanon. He will be buried with his grandfather, grandmother, and sister in the family burial plot established in Paducah, Ky. in honor of his grandfather, early 20th century humorist Irvin S. Cobb. "Until you go Paducah Kentucky, said Cobb, "you ain't been nowhere and you ain't seen nothing." said Cobb.
Contributions in Tom's memory can be made to the Friends of Osher.
With a mother and grandfather who were professional writers in New York and a father, a California business man, Tom spent a good part of his young life commuting between both coasts. In later years he often shared the enjoyable times he had with the stewards, meals and cabins. He attended the University of Virginia and the University of Grenoble France which he attended on his GI Bill. On returning to the United States, he decided to follow in the footsteps of his maternal family and join the world of journalism. He began with several Westchester County N.Y. newspapers but always with the aim of returning to Europe. Bars were common meeting places for journalists waiting for a breaking story. Once over a beer, he met the publisher of the Rome Daily American. After agreeing to pay his own way to Rome, Tom was offered a job as the Sports Editor. For many years he worked for that paper including coverage of the Rome Olympics in 1960. The following Christmas, his grandmother funded a trip for him back to New York. After some prodding by his family, he applied to Sports Illustrated as a writer. To quote his hiring editor, "Anyone with such bad spelling has to be a good writer." He was hired in 1961 with the understanding that his by-line would have to change to Tom C. Brody to fit column width. It was at "SI" that he met his wife. They moved to Greenwich, Conn. to begin a family.
Many years later, while at "SI," Tom was asked to speak about his journalism career to a ninth grade English class at Connecticut's Greenwich Country Day School. It was during that talk that the teaching bug bit him. Greenwich County Day began Tom's second 30 year career. Teaching, reading, and Shakespeare became his passions for the rest of his working life. His love of sports was fulfilled by coaching football, basketball, and baseball to seventh, eighth, and ninth graders at the school. He retired in 2000 saying "I would have stayed longer if I did not have to correct all those papers." He moved to Grantham and then later to Lebanon.
There will be a private reception on April 15 in Lebanon. He will be buried with his grandfather, grandmother, and sister in the family burial plot established in Paducah, Ky. in honor of his grandfather, early 20th century humorist Irvin S. Cobb. "Until you go Paducah Kentucky, said Cobb, "you ain't been nowhere and you ain't seen nothing." said Cobb.
Contributions in Tom's memory can be made to the Friends of Osher.
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