Thomas Fred Willock1963-2013Obituary
In Loving Memory Of: Son, Brother, Cousin, Uncle, and Friend Thomas Fred Willock "Uuilyuq" 05/13/63-02/26/13.
Tom (Thomas) Fred Willock passed away after suffering from heart failure after a heart attack in 2007. Tom was awaiting a heart transplant at only 49 years old when he died in 2013.
Tom was born to Minnie Savetilik and the late Paul Willock on the thirteenth day of May in 1963 in Kotzebue, Alaska. He was the second youngest of Minnie's nine children. He and his younger brother Bert moved down south when they were twelve and eleven with their foster parents: Phillip and Marty Odem, until they graduated from a Mississippi High School. After attending college for a short time, he served the army in Korea for a couple of years. He then returned home for a year and worked at Red Dog then moved to live in Anchorage where he made it his home and met his daughter's mother. Tom met and made a lot of friends in Anchorage and even consider some as his family, especially Jill. He bar-tended and was a bouncer for 515 and King's X in Anchorage. Whenever you saw Tom, he was always happy to see you with a smile. He always made the best of what life threw his way, may his soul rest in peace. He will be greatly missed by all and will always have a special place in our hearts.Tom is preceded in death by his daughter, Christina Johnson; dad, Paul Willock; brothers: Clarence "Sonny" Allen Jr.and Robert Allen and sister Elsie May Willock.
Tom is survived by his mom and step-dad, Minnie and Dan Savetilik Jr.; sister, Rhoda Allen; brothers: Jimmy Allen, Roy Willock, Ingram Willock,
Bert Willock, and brother in-law Wilbur Skin Sr.; as well as numerous aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and many friends.
