Obituary
Thomas (Tom) Atwater Voorhees, (64) of Palm Coast, Florida, passed away surrounded by his wife Jessica, and daughters, Kendall and Khori, on May 4, 2020. Tom was born in Traverse City, MI to Jean and Jim Voorhees.
He attended Traverse City Senior High and enlisted in the Navy in the Fall of 1972. Tom was a navigator on a destroyer and participated in the Westpac tour out of San Diego. Tom was discharged from the Navy in 1975 with a National Defense Service Medal.
Tom then attended Northern Michigan University and finished his college studies at the University of Georgia with a focus on Finance and Risk Management. After school he worked at Standard Federal Savings Bank in Washington, DC eventually moving into insurance as a broker. His later career was as a businessman working in South America and Europe.
Tom always loved boats and being on the water, having grown up on the water and spending his childhood boating. He was very athletic and completed the Boston Marathon in 1999 and 2000. Tom was very charming and social with a wonderful smile. And he loved good quality coffee.
Tom is survived by his mother Jean Voorhees and sisters Karen White (Larry) and Tracey Voorhees (Mike) all of Annapolis, MD and his son Corbin Voorhees from a previous marriage, Kent Island, MD. And wife Jessica P. Voorhees and daughters Kendall P. Voorhees and Khori P. Voorhees of Palm Coast, FL.
Committal will be Friday, September 4, 2020 at Cape Canaveral National Cemetery. Locator, Section: 1, Grave Number: 495.
Tom was a great man, excellent husband, amazing father, and a Son of God with a good heart. He will be remembered with a loving smile.
Visiting Corbin at the Kent Island Yacht Club, MD,
Fun day, Kendall, Tom, Khori, & Jessica
Let's get Christmasy, Tom, Khori, Jess, & Kendall
Family, our Treasure!
Tom, Jess, Kendall & Khori, in Miami Beach, FL, 2013
Jessica pregnant again, Kendall & Tom, at the boat Fung Shui, Annapolis, MD.
Jan 2010
Tom, Kendall, Jessica & Corbin, Fun day in a marina in Jacksonville, FL.
Tom, Jessica, Corbin, and baby Kendall, at Tony's Sushi in Kent Island.
Corbin, Tom and Jessica, Fun day in Mackinaw Island, MI.
Jessica pregnant, with Tom and Corbin in Traverse City, MI; one summer day in 2009.
Let's learn about Architecture, the Fallingwater House, Frank Lloyd Wright. Mill Run, PA.
Let's go boating with Tom and Corbin, somewhere in MD.
Big day! Wedding Jessica & Tom, at the Kent Island Yacht Club, MD.
June, 13th 2009.
Tom, Jessica and Corbin, somewhere in North Carolina.
In Chiclayo, Peru, for Carolina and Ahmad's wedding; and next day: Big day, Tom proposed Jessica.
(October 19 2008)
Tom and Jessica going boating with Rob Argentieri, in Annapolis MD.
Boating in Washington DC Area.
Tracey, Tom and Karen
Tom, in Washington DC area, and his Insurance Business.
Tom and his loving Herbie!
Pat and Tom
Going boating with Jean, Eric, Brian and Tom.
Jean, Ward & Tom in his 40's
Tom and his 40's Birthday!
Tom with another beautiful day for being in the water!
Tom was a very fast reader, He loved to read books!
Tom just happy being in the water
Tom loved water ski, he was pretty good on that sport too.
Tom in his Mathews,
Let's ski?
Tom in Mackinac Island,
Tom, sailing away...
Going up?
Tom was pretty good skier, he used to be a Sky teacher for kids.
Tom loved boating...
Tom completing the Boston Marathon, 1999 & 2000.
Tom's smile, 1999
Tracey, Tom and Karen, the Voorhees siblings
Tom riding Sarah's horse
Tom, so handsome, boating
Happy Tom boating,
Tom, Jean, Karen & Tracey
Tom and sisters
Tom as a boy, and his family
Tom at Karen's wedding
Tom, Navy 1972
Baby Tom,
Traverse City, MI