Tommy Finnegan Obituary

Brian and Kathy,
My heart is sad for you. The emptiness in your hearts and home must be incredible painful. Only time can help heal your pain, it seems.

I am a good friend of Bill David's and met Brian at Solofra's when Bill and Kevin were helping organize a benefit for my family. We talked briefly about our similar situations, having a severely disabled child. My daughter Lindsay is 9 and I would imagine her and Tommy are very much alike. I never had the pleasure of meeting Tommy.

Having a child who is hospitalized frequently and medically fragile, I know that the idea of life without them is never far from your mind. You just thank God for every day you have and make the best of it, along with trying to make the best decisions possible for them, while trying to maintain normalcy for the rest of the family. I know you managed this well and should be proud of the job you did.

May God be with you every minute of your journey without Tommy. I will continue to pray for your peace of mind and strength.

Warmly,

Brian,

I spoke with my cousin this evening and he shared the sad news about Tommy. As a parent I can only imagine the feeling of loss you and your wife must have. I wanted to send you my most sincere condolences to you and your family.

Words can not express how badly I feel for you and your family. You are in my prayers during the dificult time.

BRIAN AND FAMILY, MY DEEPEST REGRETS GO OUT TO ALL OF YOU ON YOUR LOSS. MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALWAYS.

Dear Finnegan Family,
Our sincere sympathy, you are in our prayers.

The Bill Bracken Family

Finnegan Family,
I'm sorry for your loss, you are in my thoughts and prayers.

The Finnnegan Family,
I am more than sorry about your loss, just keep in mind Tommy touched thousands of peoples lives and have changed them for the better. He was truely an inspiration to everyone he met. Be very proud you had such a wonderful, inspirational son that was loved by everyone who met him. I'm so thankful Tommy was in my life and inspired me to live life positively and to be happy in life. Your family will be in my prayers. Love, Maria Q (aide at Elim)

Brian,

Our heartfelt condolences to you and your family on Tommy's passing.

Our prayers are with Tommy and your family.

Dear Brian and Kathleen, I know its been quite a while since we've talked. Our hearts truly go out to you both. All of you are in our prayers.

Brian and family: My prayers are with you and your family at this difficult time.

Dear Kathy, Brian, and Family -
Tommy has taken his first steps towards God and has spoken his first words to God also. What he wasn't able to do on earth, he has now done so in Heaven. How beautiful to know that his first steps were towards God. I hope you find comfort in knowing what an inspiration Tommy has been to your entire family and everyone around him. He touched many lives. God Bless you. From your cousin Mike, Maria and Mike, Jr. Meister

Dear Finnegan Family,
I worked with Tommy at ELIM in 2004 and I am now Michaela's teacher at AERO. Tommy had a huge impact on my life. I hope you find comfort knowing that he is in Heaven with Jesus and doing all the things he was unable to do on Earth. Please know that you are in my thoughts and prayers. Tommy touched the lives of everyone that crossed his path. I feel that God puts people in our lives for a reason. I am forever grateful that God introduced me to Tommy. Tommy taught me the true meanings of strength, courage, and love. His smile will forever be in my heart. God Bless you.
Sincerely,

Kathy, Brian, Brendan and Maura,

Our hearts are heavy after hearing of Tommy's passing. Your family is in our prayers.

Brian, Kathy, Brendan & Maura,

We are truly saddened to hear about the passing of your precious son Tommy. You are in our thoughts and prayers.
Tim, Robin & Kelly Fitzgerald

Our deepest sympathies on the loss to your family.

Dear Brian, Kathy and Family,
We were saddened to hear of the loss of your son, Tommy. Our thoughts and prayers are with you at this most difficult time.

Dear Brain,Kathy and family, Our thoughts and prayers are with you at this most difficult time.
Martin and Kelly McGuire

Dear Brian, Kathy and Family,
Our deepest sympathy for the loss of your son Tommy. May God give you some comfort knowing Tommy is safe in His loving arms.
Sincerely,
Jon & Debbie Haak
(Parents of Steven - who attends Elim)

Kathleen, Brian & Family, Our hearts go out to you as Tommy returns home to his maker. Know that our prayers & thoughts are with you all. Tommy no longer suffers and now watches over you as you continue your travel thru life. God bless each and everyone of you and your families.
Gloria & Jim

Brian, Kathy, Brendan and Maura,
Your loving hands and arms were always around Tommy. I believe that his big beautiful angel wings will forever be around you until you all meet again. I hope you can find some comfort in feeling the presence of his wings wrapped around you like a soft warm blanket. God and Tommy will always be with you.
In Love and Faith,

KATHY AND BRIAN AND FAMILY
FROM THE FIRST DAY I WORKED AT ELIM TOMMY WAS IN THE ROOM .HIS SMILE COULD SAY EVERYTHING. HE MELTED MY HEART AND HELP ME TO KNOW THE LOVE OF THE KIDS AT ELIM FILL YOUR HEART WITH SO MUCH LOVE AND HE IS ONE OF MY LOVES THAT FILLED MY HEART OF THE ELIM LOVE FOREVER:) I WANT TO BE AT THE WAKE BUT I'M SICK. I WANT YOU TO KNOW YOU ARE IN MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS.

Dear Finnegan Family, We are so sorry to hear of your loss. Our prayers are with you and your family through this most difficult time.
Donna and Kaitlyn Carey

Dear Kathy, Brian and Family,
I am saddened by the loss of Tommy. He is now with all his Elim friends who are perfect in body and spirit. May your faith sustain you as you go through these hard days.
Barb Blasinski (Amy's Mom)

To the Finnegan family,
Although we have never met, our sons were fortunate enough to be part of the Elim family.
God help you through this time of immeasurable sorrow.
Sincerely,
The Sichak family

Kathy, Brian, Brendan and Maura,
We are so sorry to hear about the loss of Tommy. Just remembering those beautiful eyes that just focused on you when you talked to him. The millon dollar smile. Every time we saw him, including the mornings going to school, freezing at those football games, he was Always, Always so happy. Even though we moved, we thought of Tommy often. We knew the winter months were hard on him. But he was a fighter.
We are thankful to have known such an incredible person. He taught us a very special meaning to life. The joy he felt doing the things he could do. Petting the dogs and letting the dogs lick him all over his face (I know Brian you are cringing at the thought of dirty dog spit, but it happened, quite often), feeling the sun on his skin and a kiss on the cheek. You gave him a great life here for 20 years. He will be missed, but never, ever forgotten.
Our love to you all.

Dear Finnegan family, Thank you for sharing Tommy with us. How we enjoyed his smile and great disposition. He will be missed, and the love he shared and memory will be treasured always. My daughter loved him so , they were connected, his face always glowed when I would tease Amy ...he so enjoyed the humor. We will pray for your family and the void in your life ,but rejoice in Tommy's going to his real home, where we can all join him someday. With sympathy, Sharon Duncan

My thoughts and prayers are with you in your time of grief. I was very saddened to hear of your loss. I will always remember Tommy's sweet smile and personality during his Early Childhood Days at Blair School. I pray that you will feel the strength of God's goodness and love during your time of healing, and you will always be able to reflect on a job "well done." God Bless you all...Sharon, Terry and Stanley (Smith) Boone.

Brian, Kathy, Brendon, & Mora,

We are truly sorry about the loss of Tommy. Even though Tommy was unable to speak, we know that he has changed your lives as he did ours. Brian and Kathy you both have been chosen to raise such a special child like Tommy as he was blessed to have both of you in his life. Our prayers and thoughts are with you during this difficult time.

The Bradel Family (Dave, Nancy, Tommy & Danielle)

Brian and Kathleen.
Please accept my heart felt sorror for your loss. May Tommy Rest in Peace.

Dear Finnegan Family,
My thoughts and prayers are with all of you at this sad time. Seeing your family often at Mass has always been a source of inspiration to me to see such love and devotion. May God Bless you all now and always

Angels come in and out of our lives all the time. Sometimes in the form of a child. Now your Angel is watching over you and your family. Our thoughts and prayers are with you all.

Our sincere condolences on your loss

Dear Kathy and Brian,
No bond is as great as that between a parent and child. My deepest condolences are with you as you grieve.

Brian, Kathy, Brendon and Mora. We are deeply sorry for your loss and will keep your family in our prayers during this difficult time. Please let us know if there is anything we can do to help during this time. Dan,Anita,Jacob and Aidan Santiago

I express my deepest condolences on your loss. I wish your family all my prayers during this extremely difficult time. May God bless Tommy and may he watch over and protect all of you.

To the Finnegan and Brady Families: I was deeply saddened to hear of the death of your dear Tommy. Your love and devotion to him was evident from the very beginning of his life and I know this loss will leave an emptiness in all of your hearts and lives. I know that he is now your own special angel and will be watching over all of you as you cared and watched over him in this life.
Love and prayers, Jeanne Maza

To the Finnegan Family, know that Tommy was loved at his school by his teachers, staff, and classmates. I am a former teacher from ELIM and had Tommy in my class one summer. He was truly a gift from God. That little man never said a word but a smile from him could bring such joy and feelings of accomplishment and success to all who were near him and worked with him. God bless you! He is in Jesus' arms now! He is complete.

Brian and Kathleen,
My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. Please call if there is anything I can do.

Brian and Kathleen we are thinking of you at this difficult time. We are keeping you and your family in our prayers. God bless you all. Nelson and Dismary Tejada

Brian, Kathy, Brendan, Maura, and Finnigan/Brady Families:
Our prayers and thoughts are with you during this very difficult time. Tommy has done so much to bring so many people together, friends and families, and his special gift of bringing people together will forever be omnipresent.

Kathy, Brian, Brendan, Maura and family,
We are all so saddened to hear of the tremendous loss of your dear son. Tommy was very special to many. You and the entire family are in our thoughts and prayers, and please know how much we admire everything you did to care for and love him as you did. Tommy was very lucky to have had all your loving care. May God Bless and keep you all strong.
The Rappoport Family

Our prayers are with you. Stay strong and let us know if you need anything.

Dearest Kathy and your entire family, I am so so sorry for your loss.
My deepest sympathy is with all of you. All my prayers are with you all to get through this. I'm sure he is in a very safe place now. God by with you all.

Brian:
Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family during this time of sorrow..... Please know we are thinking of you and your family...

Arvin & Nadine Clar
(Cleveland RSA BU)

Psalm 34:18
The Lord is close to the brokenhearted; he rescues those who are crushed in spirit.

(friend of Martha)

DEAR BRIAN, KATHLEEN & FAMILY...MY PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU ALL AT THIS TIME..JUST REMEMBER YOU NOW HAVE YOUR OWN ANGEL...SORRY I CAN'T MAKE THE WAKE...AM IN LAS VEGAS....
GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU.....

Brian-Sorry for your loss. Your family is in our prayers.

Dear Brian, Kathy, Brendan and Maura,
I will miss my friend always and will hold those he leaves behind in my heart forever. I love you all.

Kathy, Brian and family,
We are thinking of you often throughout the day today at school, and praying that you are able to find peace and strength in the memories you share. It has been a day of tears at Elim as we all remember Tommy and his beautiful smile. Take care and know we are praying for you, Pam Connolly

Brian, Kathy, Brendan, Moira -

Words cannot possibly provide the comfort you need in this time of pain. You are all in our thoughts and prayers.

Ann, Brad and Kyle Johnson

Although it’s difficult today to see beyond the sorrow, May looking back in memory help comfort you tomorrow.

Kathy, Brian, Maura and Brendan:

We are deeply sorry to hear about Tommy. Please accept our sincere condolences. Your beautifull angel is now keeping on eye on you. You are in our prayers. We are here for whatever you need.

Elisa, Ralph, Ashley and Jacqueline Alvarez

May the peace which comes from the memories of love shared comfort you now and in the days ahead. May you and your family take comfort in knowing there is one angel above us.

With deepest sympathy,

To Sharon and Family. I am so sorry for your loss. You are in my prayers. God Bless You and your Family.

Dear Kathy, Brian, Brendan, and Maura,
I was saddened to hear of Tommy's passing. His unwavering spirit,strength, and love for his family touched us all.
May God and all His Angels be with you now and always.
My thoughts and prayers are with you at this time.
Love,

We ,at Glenna's Salon wish to extend
our deepest sypathies to the Finnegan/Obrachta families. Our thoughts and prayers are with you at this most difficult time.

I will miss my friend always and will keep those he leaves behind in my prayers. I love you all.

My thoughts and prayers are with you.
Please let me know if there is anything I can do.

My thoughts and prayers are with you. Please let me know if there is anything I can do to help.

Brian, Kathleen,Brendan,Maura. Are thoughts and prayers are with you and your entire family. We will keep you in our prayers in the days to come.The 10:15 Ushers.