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Thomas F. Kinstle

Thomas F. Kinstle
Thomas F. Kinstle

Thomas Kinstle, 83, of The Villages, Florida, passed away on Saturday, January 28, 2017. His wife Ruth and family members were with him in the restful comfort of the Mike Conley Hospice House in Clermont. Tom, an Army veteran, was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana on August 3, 1933.

Tom graduated from St Joseph College in Rensselaer, IN in 1957 and spent his entire career in the Aerospace industry. He retired in 2002 from Lockheed-Martin Corp as Vice-President of Employee Benefits. He moved to the Villages in 2010 and enjoyed travel and golf. He was a volunteer at St. Timothy Catholic Church and the St Vincent de Paul Food Pantry.

He is survived by his wife Ruth of The Villages and children Michael of Largo FL, Robert and Stephan of Seminole FL, Kathryn Hatter of Nashville TN, James of Westminster MD, Jennifer Kinstle-Huebener of St. Petersburg FL, and step-daughter Amanda Stepp of Baltimore MD. He is also survived by four grandchildren: Dawn Kinstle, Robert Hatter, Ruby Kinstle and Joshua Huebener.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St. Timothy Catholic Church in Lady Lake, Florida, at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, February 1, 2017.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to Cornerstone Hospice,
2445 Lane Park Road, Tavares, FL 32778.

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