Paul Tormey

Paul David (Pip) Tormey was born in Worcester, Massachusetts on March 12, 1934 to Dr. Leonard and Anita Lamarre Tormey. He received mostly private education, and later received degrees from Assumption College, Boston University, The University of California at Berkeley, Middlebury, and the University of Paris. He traveled all over the world including a fascinating six month trip with two friends, Will Baker and Stan Benjamin in a VW green "beetle" across Iran, Turkey, Afghanistan and India in the 1950's. He served in the Army, and was stationed in France for the Dept. of Defense. He spoke French fluently, and met his first wife, Denise Lucienne Leroux while in Nantes. The couple had three sons and lived in Korea and Berlin where Paul was Director of Education for the Eighth Army overseas. They later settled in Colonial Heights where he worked and retired from Fort Lee. He greatly enjoyed buying and restoring antiques and skillfully renovated homes in Petersburg, as well as his own. Paul is predeceased by his wife of 30 years, Denise and survived by his present wife, Carol and three sons, Marc of St. Petersburg, Florida, Lawrence of Boca Raton and his wife, Mirian, and Patrick of Ashland and his wife, Cheryl. He leaves four grandchildren, Deni, Jake, Iris, and Jordan; stepchildren, John Trammell of Bumpass, Julia McGill of Charlottesville, and Mark Trammell of Cleveland Heights; and step-grandchildren, Alec, Maddie, and Hannah Trammell, Matthew and Adam McGill, and Lillie, Rowan, Yorrick, and Berkeley Trammell. "Pip" was the youngest in his family, leaving sisters, Terry Todd of Worcester, Massachusetts and Florence Blouin of Montreal; and brother, John Tormey Sr. of Maynard, Massachusetts and his wife, Joan. If ever there was a Renaissance man, Paul was he. He will be sadly missed by all. A graveside service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday May 6, 2011 in St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery, 535 S. Crater Road, Petersburg, Virginia 23803, with the procession leaving the funeral home at 1:45 p.m. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the Colonial Heights Chapel of the E. Alvin Small Funeral Homes & Crematory, 2033 Boulevard.