Donald K. Tomaszewski ’82

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Don died Jan. 23, 2025.

The class remembers with gratitude our time with Don, a lifelong Michigan native who returned home from Princeton, a freshly minted psychology major, to marry his high school sweetheart, Sandy. He embarked on a successful career in food manufacturing for household names such as Heinz and Pepperidge Farm, while raising three children with Sandy.

Don was a great outdoorsman who grew up hunting and fishing with his father and brothers, and passed this love to his son. His love for the natural world was of a piece of him with his strong and abiding Christian faith, which led him to care for those in need around him, and for which he will be well remembered.

To Sandy, daughters Jill and Holly, son Travis, and eight grandchildren who knew him as their Poppy, the class extends its deepest sympathies.

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