reposting this after finding this on Highbeam. He was a great grand-dad. Built me the best train set when I was 8. Rest in Peace.
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David M. Tholl, the retired president of the now-defunct American Tool & Machine Co. of Hyde Park who later became a cattle rancher, died of cancer last Thursday in his home in South Portland, Maine. He was 74.
Mr. Tholl was born in Detroit and educated in schools in Troy, Mich., and in Needham.
He worked for American Tool & Machine for 40 years, the last 10 as president, and retired in 1972.
In 1972 he moved to West Virginia to organize a cattle ranch and operated it for 19 years. He settled in South Portland in 1991.
He was a member of the Norfolk lodge of Masons in Needham, and had been a scoutmaster.
Mr. Tholl leaves his wife, Eleanor (Harrison); a son, John David Tholl, of Wellesley; six grandchildren and a great-grandson.
The funeral was private. Burial was in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Portland.
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Liked this, RJ. It was a good thumbnail sketch. I have lots of other information, if you're interested.
Dave (uncle).
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