Image: 2008
THOMAS JEFFERSON REYNAL (19301115)
Image: 2008
Thomas Jefferson Reynal was born November 15, 1930 in Tyler, Texas, the second son of Edward Werner Reynal (18960215) and Ruth Davis. He moved with his family to Bay City, Texas in 1936, and attended the schools there, graduating from Bay City High School in 1949. He attended Wharton Junior College for two years and then joined the U.S. Air Force in 1951, serving as a radar technician. He married Dolores Wactor while stationed in Biloxi, Mississippi. After serving a tour of duty in Japan the family moved to Houston, Texas, where Tom graduated from the University of Houston with a degree in electrical engineering.
T.J. has been awarded several patents during his career including designs for Power Conversion System, Valve metering (for Dresser Industries), and for a distribution transformer design. Avocations are primarily indoors, and include a variety of puzzles. T.J. was one of those fortunate souls that made a career out of his hobby - the design and completion of electronic hardware and firmware. Dolores Wactor Reynal died in Houston, Texas on December 24, 2005. Thomas Jefferson Reynal died in Houston, Texas on June 11, 2015, and is buried next to his late wife Dolores in Forest Park Westheimer Cemetery in Houston, Texas. Jump up to parent
THE CHILDREN OF THOMAS JEFFERSON REYNAL (19301115) AND DOLORES WACTOR
(19571119) THOMAS DOUGLAS REYNAL, b. November 19, 1957 in Houston, Harris County, Texas. Jump down to biography and offspring