Tom Musser

Tom Musser was born Dec. 2, 1950 in Spokane, Wash. He was the fourth of five children born to Oscar and Donna Musser of Espanola. Tom crossed over peacefully on Oct. 15, 2017 after a short but courageous battle with cancer.

Tom is survived by his only son Creighton Thomas Musser, his future daughter-in-law Tiffany and his cherished grandson Nolan Thomas. He is also survived by his three sisters, Sandy, Terrie and Wendy, his brother, numerous nieces, nephews, lifelong friends and significant other, Kathy Denenny.

Tom was a proud graduate of Washington State University, class of 1974 and he also attended Eastern Washington University where he received a masters degree in psychology.

Tom lived a life of high speed energy and brought his unique brand of intensity to everything he did. Among his many passions were teaching on both the high school and college level, working for the Department of Natural Resources, playing 24 years of baseball and fastpitch softball and traveling the USA doing it.

Tom was a devoted cattle rancher in Espanola and took great pride in raising saler/angus cattle. Tom was a very spiritual man and was a member of the Unity Spiritual Center in Spokane. He embraced his Native American roots and honored their beliefs and traditions.

There will be a service held for Tom at Spokane Memorial Gardens, 5909 S. Cheney Spokane Road, Spokane on Saturday, Nov. 4, 2017 at 2:30 p.m.