Thomas W. Daniel

Thomas William Daniel died peacefully on Valentine's Day, 2025. Tommy was born and raised in Baton Rouge. He graduated from University High School and Louisiana State University, where he received a degree in Mathematics. He was a life-long Tiger fan, and loved hunting with his father and brother David. He loved playing duplicate bridge and achieved the rank of Silver Life Master. He was a longtime member of the Baton Rouge Bridge Club and the Baton Rouge Country Club, where he enjoyed playing golf and tennis. The best part of Tommy's life was the last third of his life. He met and married Keri Vogel, who made all his dreams come true. They had three children together, and Tommy was forever a happier man. He enjoyed every aspect of fatherhood, and never missed one of his children's golf or tennis matches. He loved taking them on vacations to the National Parks every single summer from the time they were old enough to travel, and visiting family friend Suresh Mahajan in Del Mar, California for Thanksgiving every year. Tommy was preceded in death by his parents, Lou W. and Ann Syrek Daniel, and his sister, Ann Daniel Dodson. He is survived by his devoted wife, Keri, and his beloved children, Kate, Luke, and Ben; his brothers, Louis R. Daniel and John David Daniel (Janet) of Baton Rouge; his niece and goddaughter, Mary Rose Daniel of Denver; his nephew and hunting buddy, John Daniel (Arleen) of Cincinnati; parents-in-law Marsha and Weldon Vogel of Metairie; sister-in-law Elisa Western (Joel) and niece Avery of River Ridge; and niece Ann Dodson and nephew Daniel Dodson of Austin. He is also survived by his dearest friends, Suresh Mahajan and Phil Rabenhorst. The family would like to thank the caregivers at Holly Court, who showed only patience, kindness and humor to Tommy during the last three months of his life, and also the caregivers at Audubon Hospice. Visitation will be at Rabenhorst Funeral Home downtown starting at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, February 18, with a service to follow at 11 a.m. The family requests that memorial donations be made to the National Park Foundation at http://www.nationalparks.org