Obituary of Thomas Michael McElvoy

Troy Thomas Michael McElvoy, 54 of Troy, NY went to heaven on August 7, 2010 after succumbing to lung cancer. Tom was born in Clarksville, TN on August 3, 1956. He was the son of Richard Lee McElvoy and Joanne Delores Plazarin. Tom was a graduate of Lansingburgh High School and served in the US Navy aboard the USS Piedmont AD-17 at Norfolk, VA. He attended Samaritan Hospital School of Nursing and had worked in the OR at Samaritan before moving to Indiana with his wife and children. He returned to Troy in 1993 where he resided until his death. Tom leaves behind his beautiful daughters Sarah Corin McElvoy and Jessica Leigh McElvoy both of Terra Haute, IN, a beloved sister Donna Lee McElvoy of Troy, nephew Michael Joseph Skelton, Jr. and his friend William Callary, an aunt Cricket Murphy of Palm Harbor, FL, cousins; Rick, Trey, John-John and Marty Kay, sister Michelle Murphy and nieces Tara and Megan of Mary Esther FL, as well as many friends. All services are private at the convenience of the family.