Thomas L. Dalrymple

May 20, 1921 - April 14, 2011

Thomas L. Dalrymple of Stannard Drive in Toledo passed away on April 14, 2011. He was born May 20, 1921, at Wellsburg, West Virginia. His residence and legal career in Toledo began in 1947, and he practiced law primarily as an associate and partner in the Toledo law firm of Fuller & Henry. Tom was the son of Lawrence Chester Dalrymple and Ethel May (Taylor) Dalrymple. He received his college A.B. (Bachelor of Arts) degree from the University of Michigan in l943 and his law J.D. (Juris Doctor) degree from the University of Michigan in 1947. While undergoing his formal education, he attained the honor of membership in PHI BETA KAPPA and the Order of the Coif. He was admitted to practice law before the Supreme Court of Ohio in 1947 and thereafter, among other courts, before the Supreme Court of the United States. His legal practice featured representation of clients in civil litigation. He was a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, the American Bar Foundation and the Ohio State Bar Foundation. He was a member of the International Association of Defense Counsel and the American, Ohio State and Toledo bar associations. During World War II, he served in, and advanced to captain of, the infantry in the Army of the United States from 1943 to 1946. His combat service was in Europe in the United States 3rd Army under the command of General George S. Patton, Jr. Among other awards, he received the Combat Infantry Badge, the Silver Star medal and the Purple Heart medal. He was a member of the Toledo Museum of Art, the Toledo Humane Society and the Toledo Zoological Society. He also had memberships in the Humane Society of the United States, Trout Unlimited and Sunnybrook Trout Club. He was preceded in death by his wife Marjorie Dalrymple in 1990 and his son Bruce Dalrymple in 2010. Both were huge losses to cancer. Among those surviving are: his son Dale Dalrymple of San Diego, California, and his daughter-in-law (Bruce's widow) Sandra Dalrymple of the Nashville, Tennessee, area; his granddaughter Kelly Ann Dalrymple of Gallatin, Tennessee (Nashville area), his granddaughter Brooke Thorne (Mark Thorne) of Charlotte, Michigan (Lansing are), his granddaughter Leah Dalrymple (William Boyd) of Antioch, Tennessee (Nashville area), and his grandson Russell Dalrymple of Springfield, Tennessee (Nashville area); and 8 great-grandchildren of the Nashville and Lansing areas. At his request, his body will be cremated with the ashes scattered; and there will be neither visitation nor open services. Neither flowers nor memorial contributions are suggested.