Mr. Thomas J. “Tom” Buhring, Sr. – a lifelong resident of Mobile, passed this life on Saturday, November 6, 2010. He attended McGill Institute from 1941 through 1943. Upon the U.S.’s entrance into WWII, he joined the U. S. Navy and served in the Pacific from 1943 to 1946. After an honorable discharge from the Navy, he signed a professional baseball contract with the Pittsburg Pirates. He was employed with the U. S. Reserve Fleet (“Ghost Fleet”) in Bay Minette, AL, for twenty years. He was also employed with the U. S. Coast Guard Aviation Center in Mobile for nineteen years, receiving many awards and citations for his outstanding government service which spanned a total of thirty-nine years. He was well known at Dauphin Island, Dog River, Fowl River, and around the Mobile area for his expertise and dedication to his work on inboard/outboard motors, gaining him the nickname, “The Outdrive King”. Mr. Buhring was a member of St. Dominic Catholic Church, and a sponsor for the Priest’s Burse Club. Mr. Buhring was an avid outdoorsman and one of his greatest joys was taking his grandchildren hunting and fishing. He was a loyal and faithful husband, a loving and caring father, father-in-law, grandfather, and great-grandfather. He is survived by his loyal and faithful wife of sixty years, Elizabeth “Liz” Schreiner Buhring; a loving and dedicated son, Tom Buhring, Jr.; a caring daughter-in-law, Cindy Kramer Buhring; loving grandchildren, Lesley Christine Delchamps (David), Leigh Elizabeth Hadley (Bud), Thomas J. “Beau” Buhring, III, and Lori Michelle Buhring; and great-grandchildren, Brooklyn Elizabeth Hadley, Logan Reid Hadley, and Isabelle Reece Hadley. He is also survived by his brother, John F. Burhing (Mary); cousin, James J. Buhring; caring nephews, Bill Wildberger (Lynn) and William L. “Billy” Wildberger, Jr.; caring nieces, Peggy Fath Safin (Richard) and Karen and Melissa Safin; and a host of nieces, nephews and other relatives. The family wishes to thank the members of the food for the bereaved of St. Dominic Church, and the manager and employees of Morrison’s Cafeteria, for their genuine kindness, concern, and generosity. Special thanks to the physicians, Cynthia R. Crouder, Alton B. James, and Donald Kirby, the nurses and staff of Mobile Infirmary, and Gayle Carter from the Dietary Department for their genuine love and concern. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 A.M. on Tuesday, November 9, 2010 from St. Dominic Catholic Church. The family will receive friends from 10 A.M. until 11 A.M. on Tuesday at the church. Interment will be in Pine Crest Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to St. Dominic Catholic Church, 4156 Burma Road, Mobile, AL 36693 or the McGill-Toolen Foundation, 1501 Old Shell Road, Mobile, AL 36604.
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