Thomas R. Carvlin

Thomas Richard Carvlin, 97. Born July 28, 1926 in New York, N.Y. to Katharine nee Shorman and George Carvlin.

Served in France and Germany during WWII, including showing Holocaust footage to German citizens. Attended Creighton University. Raised in Pittsburgh, Carvlin moved to Chicago. He met Tommy, his future wife of 71 years, near his father's South Shore childhood home.

At the Chicago Tribune, he was national news editor during the Nixon administration and the 1968 Democratic Convention.

Preceded in death by sons Paul Stephen, Timothy Owen, and beloved grandchild Rachel Carvlin. Survived by wife, Maureen Evanne nee Thomas; sister Joyce Murphy; children Mary Carvlin, Peter Carvlin, Anne Bridges, Martha Carvlin, Monica Regan, Elizabeth Carvlin Fuesel; 14 beloved grandchildren; 11 great grandchildren.

Carvlin served as a Catholic deacon from 1977 to 2023 at Ascension-St. Susanna Parish (now Lord of Mercy) in Harvey. He walked, ran and rode his bike thousands of miles.

Visitation Saturday October 28, 2023 from 10am until the time of Funeral Mass at 11am at the Our Lady of Mercy (formerly St. John the Baptist Church) 15746 Union Ave., Harvey, Illinois. Interment to follow at the Assumption Cemetery in Glenwood.  For further information contact 708-798-5300 or tews-ryanfh.com.