Thomas H. Routsong

retired funeral director and past owner, Routsong Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Kettering, Ohio, died July 12, 2024, at age 96. Routsong graduated from Purdue University with a degree in mechanical engineering and began his career at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, involved in the development of numerous aircraft. He was especially proud to have been part of the team that reverse-engineered enemy aircraft at the end of World War II.

Routsong joined his father in the business as a licensed funeral director and grew the company to three facilities, the second a restored historic home in Centerville and the current location in Kettering, which he designed from the ground up.

Routsong was a recipient of the James E. West Award from Miami Valley Boy Scouts of America. He was a founding member of Kettering-Oakwood Exchange Club and Lions Club of Oakwood and was affiliated with Delta Tau Delta Fraternity, Far Hills Lodge and AASR Valley of Dayton. Routsong was a member of Antioch Shrine, Arabic Club and a founding member and past president of Far Hills High 12 Club.

He is survived by wife Marylou; daughter Jane; son Thomas A. (“TR”), now owner of the funeral home; three grandchildren, two of which, Samuel and Maxwell, are also funeral directors at Routsong; and stepson Neil.