Thomas Preston DeSomber

January 29, 1946 - May 5, 2017

Thomas Preston Desomber was born January 29, 1946 to Herman Frank DeSomber and Mildred Veronica Scott at the Naval Hospital in San Diego California. He was the sixth of eight children. His siblings were Gerald L. Scott, Charles Donnell, Darlene French, Herman DeSomber, Earle DeSomber, Mary Kirk, Susan Gunter.   After graduating from Andrew Hill High School he married Sharon A. Chatham August 5th, 1965 They had two children Janeen A. Brooks and Brenda S. DeSomber. Tom and Sharon later  divorced. Years later he married Mona Kircher- DeSomber. Thomas DeSomber served in the U.S Marine Corps as a Forward Observer in one the first  Marine K9 units deployed during he Vietnam War. After the war. Tom returned to the San Jose area where he eventually became a small business owner of a mobile catering truck business. Tom had a great love for cooking, and he enjoyed entertaining his friends and family. Tom is survived by his daughters Janeen A. Brooks and Brenda S. DeSomber, his wife Mona Kircher- DeSomber , step children James Smothers and Dawn Cox, 20 grandchildren, 10 great grandchildren, and one great grandchild on the way. Tom was proceeded in death by both of his parents, brothers Gerald Scott and Charles Donnell, sister Darlene French, and stepson Raymond A. Rudick.