Thomas Isaacson Obenchain

September 17, 2017. He died at home from complications of a stroke with family present at his

bedside. Mr. Obenchain, known by friends and family as Tom, was the 5th of nine children born

to the late Artie Lorain and Violet Josephine Isaacson Obenchain.

Tom was born May 1, 1928 in Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois. He studied engineering and

graduated from Oregon State University in 1950. He worked for the U.S. Forest Service during

high school and college and loved the mountains of Idaho and Colorado. He married the late

Esther Mae Spencer in 1950. After Esther’s passing in 1990, Tom married Lethia Gail Arrowood

in August of 1992. Tom served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War. He worked for

Schlumberger Limited, an oilfield services company. After retirement, Tom served as a worker

in the Denver, Colorado LDS temple and as a sealer in the Atlanta, Georgia LDS temple.

Tom was preceded in death by his first wife Esther, his daughter Julia Dianna Griffin, and his

brothers Carl Franklin Obenchain and Daniel James Artie Obenchain. He is survived by his

second wife Lethia; his daughters Valerie Lynne Garfield, Celeste Marie Obenchain, Annie

Elizabeth Pickett, and Kathleen Julia Griffin; his sons, Thomas James Obenchain and Frederick

S. Griffin; his sisters, Madeleine Alice Lydia Rath, Betty Delight Violet Brislain, Constance Artine

Dick, and June Kathryn Keithly; and his brothers Phillip Albin Lorain Obenchain and Theodore

Guy Obenchain. Tom had 11 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held Friday, September 22, 2017 at 12:00 pm at the Church of Jesus

Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Flowery Branch, GA. The family will receive friends prior to the

service from 10:00 - 11:30 am at the church. A graveside service will be held at Olinger Chapel

Hill Cemetery, in Centennial, CO on Monday, September 25, 2017 at 11:00 am prior to the

interment.