Lt. Commander (Ret) Thomas Francis Hayden of Arlington, TX passed away on May 3, 2011. He was 53 years old.
Born on December 26, 1957 in Manhattan, NY, the son of Thomas Hayden and Janet Scanlon Dowsett.
He served with the US Navy from 1982-2009, retiring after 27 years of service.
Family statement reads: Devoted and loving father, son and brother.
We will always be so very proud of all your accomplishments.
He is survived by his son, Bruce Hayden and fiancé Amanda Caughron of Arlington, Texas; his mother Janet Dowsett, his step father, Albert Dowsett of Warwick, his four brothers and their wives, Steven and Krys Hayden Dowsett of Glen Rock, Robert and Cara Hayden of Warwick, David and Mary Dowsett of Naples, Fl., Brian Dowsett of Lihue, Hawaii, Nieces and Nephew: Shannon, Kelly and Danny Hayden.
A memorial funeral mass will be held at 10 am on Friday, May 20, 2011, at St. Stephen’s RC Church, Warwick. Interment of cremains will follow at Orange County Veterans Cemetery, Goshen, with military honors.
Memorial donations may be made to St. Jude Children’s Hospital,
501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105 or Warwick Valley Humane Society, PO Box 61, Warwick, NY 10990