Thomas Patrick Cefai

Thomas Patrick Cefai June 17, 1961 - August 18, 2025 Tom spent his early years in Pontiac and Orchard Lake, MI, with his parents and eight siblings, swimming, exploring, and being a really curious and active soul. Tom attended Pontiac Catholic High School before moving to Austin, TX, where he graduated from Round Rock High School. He obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Secondary Education from Midwestern State University in Waco,Texas, before returning to Waterford, MI, where he lived for several years. Tom eventually moved back to Austin, where he spent the remainder of his life working in the retail industry. Tom was a Christian who believed that the road to a fulfilling life was through faith, love, and charity. He was a humble and resilient man, and he remained hopeful in the face of adversity. In spite of challenges laid at his feet, Tom always moved forward, buoyed by his faith, and never flagging in his desire to know, help, and inspire other people through words, deeds, and music, which he truly loved. Among the last videos Tom posted on social media was a song whose message conveyed that the writer believed in love, and he wanted others to know that before he died. After all he experienced of life, that is a message Tom would surely have wanted all of us to know. Tom was preceded in death by his father, Anthony, his mother, Colette, his brother, Paul, and his sister-in-law, Nancy. Tom is survived by his five brothers, Mike (Nancy), Robert (Anthony), David, Tim, and John (Clarice); two sisters, Susan (Paul), and Christine; nieces, Shelly (Dino) , Becca (Ed), Rachel (Kenneth), and Nikki; nephews, Adam (Jessica) , Justin (Rebekkah), and Will; great-nieces, Alexa (Matt), Alea (Andrew), Kate and Emma; great-nephews, A.J.(Brooke), Nino (Jeremiah), Aiden, Lucas, Levi and Owen, and great-great nephew, Dino. Memorial Services will be held in Texas on Saturday, September 27, 2025, at 1:00 p.m., at Northwest Fellowship Church, 13427 Pond Springs Rd., 101B, Austin TX 78729. A funeral service and burial of Tom's ashes will be held in Michigan on Saturday, October 11, 2025, at 11:00 a.m., at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, 25800 W. 10 Mile Rd., Southfield MI 48033. In lieu of flowers, I think Tom would like donations to your favorite charity.