Thomas W Ayers

Thomas W. Ayers died on November 24, 2014, in Highlands Ranch, Colorado. Tom was born in the small town of Iola, Wisconsin on October 19, 1946 & was raised there, Fox Lake and Lake Mills, among other places. He attended Lake Mills High School, where he met his wife of 37 years, Barbara Pepper who preceded him in death on July 5, 2004.

As a college major in speech and broadcast, Tom’s first job in radio was at WSUW-FM in Whitewater, Wisconsin. He graduated from the Connecticut School of Broadcasting. He was both a D.J. and music director. After a three-year stint in the U.S. Army, Tom worked in retail for six years managing store in California, Connecticut and New York. He was a successful entrepreneur and businessman, with his namesake advertising & marketing company. Tom had a love of travel from an early age, hitchhiking as a boy from small town Wisconsin to the big city of Chicago just to watch the airplanes take off. He was able to visit all 50 states, Canada, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Japan, the United Kingdom, France, Spain, Italy and many more countries during his lifetime.

Tom leaves behind a son, Nathan & daughter-in-law, Dee; sisters Andrea & Sonia; brother, Michael; brothers- and sister-in-law, Francis, Gary & Nancy; numerous nieces & nephews, along with many friends around the world. His memory will live on.