Thomas Allan Gemmell

He was born Oct. 22, 1958 in Manchester,CT son of Allan Gemmell and the late Lucille (Lofgren) Gemmell. He had been employed by Hospital of Central CT, New Britain and also at Mickey Finn?s on the Berlin Turnpike. He was the owner of Gemmell?s Landscaping and had been a hardworker and lived by the motto ?anything worth doing, is worth doing well.?

Besides his wife he was the loving father of Joshua and Ryan Gemmell of Southington and enjoyed helping them out with football. He also leaves his brothers, John Gemmell and wife Wendy of Berlin and Paul Gemmell of Boston, a sister Lorna Gemmell of Norfolk,VA, his sisters-in-law, Leah Karo and her husband Thomas of TN and Jeri McEntire and her fiancé David Nichols of Lebanon. He also leaves his nieces Chelsea and Danielle Gemmell, Laura Benoit and nephews Matthew Benoit, Lucas and Jacob McEntire.

The funeral will be held Saturday February 27, at 10 a.m. at the First Congregational Church, 37 Main St. in Southington. Burial will be at the convenience of the family. Calling hours will be Friday from 4-7 p.m. at the DellaVecchia Funeral Home, 211 N. Main St. Southington. In lieu of flowers donations may be made in his memory to the Thomas Gemmell Children's Education Fund, c/o TD Bank, 121 Main St., Southington, CT 06489