Thomas P. Luckie Sr.

Funeral services for Thomas P. Luckie Sr., age 82 of 2019 Ford Street in Ogdensburg, will be held at 10:00am on Thursday (April 26, 2018) at St. Mary’s Cathedral with Rev. Jay Seymour and Rev. James Shurtleff co-officiating. He will be laid to rest at Foxwood Memorial Park.

Calling hours will be held on Wednesday, April 25th from 1-4 & 6-9pm at St. Mary’s Cathedral. Mr. Luckie passed away on Sunday (April 22, 2018) surrounded by his loving family.

Surviving is his wife Pamela of Ogdensburg; four sons Thomas (Donna) Luckie Jr. of Ogdensburg, Jamie (Candy) Luckie of Charlotte NC, Eugene (Kristen) Luckie of Fort Mill, SC, Michael Luckie & his fiancee’ Jennifer Barron of Union City, NJ; Daughters Colleen Luckie of Ramstein Village, Germany, Elizabeth “Bippy” Luckie & her partner Emily Bietsch of West Haven, CT, and Monica (Steve) LaRose of Ogdensburg; two step sons Patrick (Jill) Farrand of Lisbon and Matthew Farrand of Ogdensburg; a brother John Luckie of Piermont, NY; a sister Theresa Flanagan of New Jersey; a sister-in-law Peggy Luckie; 17 grandchildren, Thomas III, Owen & Riley Luckie, Sean, Kyle & Morgan Luckie, Catherine, Eugene, Mary & Colleen Luckie, Averie, Maximus & Coen Farrand, Cavan, Breton, Kinnon & Brogan LaRose; a great-grandson Donovan Summers along with many nieces, nephews & cousins.

A granddaughter Mary Catherine LaRose; two brothers Joseph & Eugene Luckie; a sister-in-law Jean Luckie; and a brother-in law Martin Flanagan predeceased him as well as cousins Catherine and Eleanor Lewis and Pam’s parents Dalton (Vi) Miller.

Tom was born on March 22, 1936, a son of the late Joseph & Mary (McArdle) Luckie. He attended school at Rice High School in the Bronx and Springfield, NJ where he excelled in basketball earning all-state honors for New Jersey. He then continued his education and basketball career at Panzer Athletic College (which became Montclair State) with a major in Physical Education. He later married Catherine Ruth McGillivray she predeceased him on Nov 5, 1986. He then married Pamela Miller on August 12, 1988 at the Notre Dame Church in Ogdensburg.

After college Tom worked at Eastern Air Lines and later was hired in the early 60’s by longtime NBA basketball official Norm Drucker to serve as program director of the Navy Yard Boys Club in Brooklyn, NY. Tom built many great relationships with the members there before moving to Ogdensburg in 1965 to become Program/Assistant Director of the Ogdensburg Boys Club and Director of the Belmont Courts Boys Club. In 1968 he was named Executive Director of the club and was an instrumental part of a fund drive in 1973-1974 which resulted in the current club being built on Patterson St. and becoming the Ogdensburg Boys and Girls Club where he served in that position until retiring in 2005. In his time at the club he, along with Ruth and Pam influenced and impacted countless youth. In 1997 Tom was recognized by Boys and Girls Club of America with the Bronze Medallion Award for his outstanding service. He also coached the Boys and Girls Club basketball team from 1984-1997 in the Franklin County CYO League as well as a Boys Club team when minor hockey began.

His community service included United Way Volunteer, St. Lawrence County Legislator, Ogdensburg City Council, Ogdensburg Lions Club Member, Moose Lodge Member, Seaway Festival Volunteer, Ogdensburg School Board, St. Lawrence County Youth Advisory Board, Ogdensburg Housing Authority Board, helped to establish Pop Warner Football and Minor Hockey, Biddy Basketball Coach, Bishop Conroy Physical Education Teacher and for a number of years was the Head Basketball Coach at Wadhams Hall Seminary College.

Tom was an outstanding basketball player in the Ogdensburg Basketball Association for many years, he enjoyed watching the Yankees, Rangers, Giants, Notre Dame Football, his sons officiating basketball, his grandchildren’s athletic events and all types of horse racing, especially at Saratoga, Belmont, Yonkers and Tartan Downs in Sydney, Nova Scotia. Tom loved golf and was a long-time member of the Prescott Golf Club and had recorded two holes in one including one on #10 at the St. Lawrence State Park. He enjoyed the company of many great friends on the course including Tom Hannan Sr., Rick Badlam, the late Dave LaRose and many other absent friends. He was life long friends with Chuck Kelly and Ron Romano. He was proud of his catholic faith and Irish heritage as both parents immigrated to New York City from the Emerald Isle and visited with all three of his daughters in 2006.

Donations may be made in Tom’s memory to the Ogdensburg Boys and Girls Club, P.O. Box 555, Ogdensburg, NY or by visiting the club’s web site at www.obgclub.com or to St. Joseph’s Home, 950 Linden St., Ogdensburg, NY 13669.