Obituary for Thomas K. Garesché

Thomas (Tom) Knapp Garesché, 88, of Holderness, NH, peacefully passed with family on Saturday, February 29, 2020.

Born on January 4, 1932, Tom grew up in Short Hills, New Jersey. He was the son of Claude Garesché and Mary Knapp Garesché. He was the last of his siblings Claudia, Edmond, and Tricia.

He loved his family, friends, charitable work, travel, and tennis.

He attended Georgetown Prep, RPI University, and graduated from Fordham University in 1955.

Known for his strong ethics in business, he worked for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company in their property investment division for 42 years. In that time, he worked on countless deals, including leading the 1981 acquisition of the PanAm Building which is now the MetLife Building.

On January 19, 1963, he married Margaret Labourdette (Margy), and they bought their first home in Chappaqua, New York a few years later where they raised their family.

Strong in his Catholic faith, he was very involved with Saint John and Mary Church in Chappaqua where he served on the parish council and organized charitable activities for the church. He also served on Cardinal O’Connor’s Business Council in the 1980’s and 90’s.

In 1992, Tom joined the Order of Malta as a Knight, taking many pilgrimages to Lourdes with the Order working with the sick and disabled. In his retirement he worked with the Dismas Home to help start the New Hampshire home to help transform the lives of formerly incarcerated women.

After spending many vacations on Squam Lake, he bought property on the lake in 1993 where he would later retire.

He is survived by his loving wife Margy, his daughter Mimika; his son Tom, his wife Donna and their children TJ, Matt, and Grace; his son Edmond, his wife Helena, and their children Robert, and Hannah; his son Al, his wife Kristin and their children David, Nathan, and Jay; and his son John and his daughter Sylvan.

SERVICES: Visitation will be held on Saturday March 7 from 10 to 11 a.m. at Mayhew Funeral Homes, Route 3 and Cataldo Road, Meredith, NH. A Funeral Mass will be held at 11:30 a.m. in Saint Charles Borromeo Catholic Church, 300 NH-25, Meredith, NH.

He will be buried at Trinity Churchyard Cemetery in Holderness, NH on May 11.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Dismas Home of New Hampshire, 102 Fourth St. Manchester, NH 03102, online at www.dismashomenh.org.

Visit www.mayhewfuneralhomes.com to sign an online guestbook.

For information about this website, please contact John Garesché at : (You will have to type that address into your e-mail!)

Late Updated: March 2, 2020