Thomas John Lavinio Jr.

December 31, 1939 - March 22, 2021

Mr Thomas Lavinio, 81, of Huntersville, NC, passed away Monday, March 22, 2021. Tom was a native of Mt. Vernon, NY and moved to NC for retirement. After high school graduation, Tom served in the Army overseas in Germany. Upon his return, Tom met Carole, the love of his life, and they were married for 54 years. Tom enjoyed fishing, wood carving, household and landscape projects and spending time with his family. He was preceded in death by his parents, Jennie and Thomas and his sister Rosalie. Mr Lavinio is survived by his wife Carole, their children Lisa Jatulis (Tom) of Huntersville and Kristen Follis (Ted) of Danbury, CT, and their grandchildren; Natalie, Aidan, Annabelle and Aaron and many loving cousins, nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held at 1:00pm Thursday, March 25, 2021 at St. Mark Catholic Church in Huntersville. The funeral mass will be livestreamed and may be viewed using the following link: https://www.stmarknc.org/livestream. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society https://donate3.cancer.org/?giftType=hon&giftTypeMonthlyDisplay=0&_ga=2.153696056.1495 559377.1616594991-236876997.1616594991 Online condolences may be made at www.jamesfuneralhomelkn.com.