Thomas Joseph Salvino

Tom was a resident of Hillsboro, Oregon for the past 30 years. He was born on January 18, 1926 in San Francisco, California. His parents divorced when he was six years old and he lived with his Mother Rose and his younger brother Lawrence.
He attended Balboa high school in San Francisco and had a full-time job in his senior year. In 1943 he joined the Merchant Marines to serve his country during WWII. He also served in Korea as a Merchant Seaman.
In 1976 he met his future wife, Mary Ann Myers while working at an aircraft repair facility in Oakland, CA. He married Mary Ann the following year and lived in Hayward, California with her two sons, Paul and John. Years later in 1994 Tom adopted John.
He worked as a sheet metal mechanic in the SF Bay Area until he retired in 1982. Tom and Mary Ann moved to Hillsboro, Oregon in 1990.
Tom always had a love of cars and airplanes. He became a private pilot in the '60s and owned two airplanes as well as numerous cars from Hot Rods to Sports cars. He and his wife enjoyed going to air shows, cruise-ins and car shows and spending good times with his car buddies.
He was a member of the AMMV (Merchant Marine Veterans) and the American Legion Post 6 in Hillsboro.
He is preceded in death by his Mother Rose Grimes and his Father Thomas Salvino
He is survived by his loving wife Mary Ann, son John Salvino, daughter-in-law Maria Salvino and their three children Thomas, Lina and Sophia Salvino of West Sacramento, CA, his brother Lawrence Salvino of Vancouver, WA and stepson Paul Myers of Redding, CA.
Services will be announced at a future date.