Thomas Hayden Serwin

| July 28, 2014

Thomas Hayden Sherwin, 61, of Kittanning Pike, Chicora, a retired Pennsylvania State Police Trooper, passed away at 11:55 a.m. Saturday, July 26, 2014 at the Chicora Medical Center following a lengthy illness.

Thomas was born in Butler on September 17, 1952. He was the son of the late Thomas L. and Jeanne Hayden Sherwin.

Tom was a 1970 graduate of the Karns City High School and attended Slippery Rock State College. He was a United States Army Veteran and a graduate of the Pennsylvania State Police Academy. He was a Pennsylvania State Police Trooper for 26 years, and had been stationed at Warren, New Castle and Butler. He retired as a polygraph examiner from the crime unit at Troop D in Butler. During his career with the Pennsylvania State Police, he also served as a hostage negotiator for the Special Emergency Response Team from May of 1991 – July of 2001. Following his retirement from the Pennsylvania State Police, he owned and operated his own private investigation and polygraph examining business.

Tom was a member of Mater Dolorosa Roman Catholic Church in Chicora, and was a founding member of the United Athletic Association (UAA) in Karns City where he had served for many years as a youth baseball coach and volunteer. He also spent many years umpiring local baseball games in Butler County.

Tom is survived by his wife, Anna Marie (Rodgers) Sherwin, whom he married at Mater Dolorosa Church in Chicora on Dec 22, 1972. A son survives, Mark P. Sherwin and his wife, April (Wolfe) of Karns City; two grandsons, Cole and Mason Sherwin of Karns City; a brother, Peter Sherwin and his wife, Nikki, of Lakeland, FL; a sister, Donna Thompson and her husband, Terry, of Girard, as well as his mother-in-law, a number of nieces, nephews, cousins, brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law.

A funeral mass followed by State Police honors and burial will be announced at a later date. Memorial contributions in Mr. Sherwin’s memory may be made to the United Athletic Association, PO Box 261, Chicora, PA 16025. Arrangements are under the direction of the Hile Funeral Home of Karns City.

For more information or to send a condolence, please visit www.hilefh.com.


Copyright © 2024 EYT Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. Any copying, redistribution or retransmission of the contents of this service without the express written consent of EYT Media Group, Inc. is expressly prohibited.

Category: Obituaries