On August 8, 2025, Thomas Joseph Dick, passed away at his home surrounded by his beloved family. He was 72 years old.

The youngest of seven siblings, he was born to Charles and Lucile Dick of Winchester, Virginia in 1952. Tom was a people person, loved to listen to and tell stories, an engineer, a project manager and builder, a car lover and racer. He was tenacious and steadfast in achieving his dreams and visions.

Thomas graduated from John Handley High School in 1970 and had great memories of growing up at his family’s historic home Selma. With the backing of his father, he bought and refurbished his first car, a Triumph TR6, at the age of 17. He went on to earn his degree in Civil Engineering from the Virginia Military Institute in 1974. His professional career began at American Bridge Company, a subsidiary of U.S. Steel in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he was Assistant Project Manager for the New River Gorge Bridge and continued as Construction Manager of large projects including Pittsburgh Hospital. Realizing his aspiration to build skyscrapers in Manhattan he worked as building Project Manager for New York’s most dynamic construction company Lehrer McGovern from 1983-86.

In 1986 he returned to his hometown of Winchester to continue Miller & Anderson Inc., Mechanical Contractors with his brother and collaborator John Dick, and became the Executive Vice President. He remained in this role for 39 years. Highlights of the company’s involvement included 31 Schools in Loudon County and the renovation of Handley High School,
Shenandoah University, and John Handley Public Library.

Tom always had his finger on the pulse of the community of the City of Winchester, with Old Town at its heart, and was deeply involved in backing several projects for rehabilitation and restoration, most notably the George Washington Hotel. He was a past president and respected member of the Top of Virginia Builders Association. His love and restoration of the family home Selma was always an important focus in his life. Together with his family, he hosted the famous 4th of July Fireworks Party—which gained legendary status—and was proud of hosting the Apple Blossom Festival Queens Ball there in 2002.

In the months preceding his death, Tom spoke with great reverence of the places, family, and friends he knew in his life. He attributed much of his business success and longevity to his wife Patricia ‘Trish’ Dick, who he married in 1999. He was very proud of “the company” and affectionately recalled all his colleagues who contributed to the endurance of Miller & Anderson- every last one by name. He had great faith in human decency and believed in treating everyone he met with dignity and respect and spoke openly against bigotry of any kind. His greatest loss in life was the death of his son, “Tommy” Thomas Joseph Dick Jr. in 2007 to cancer. Tom channeled his loss, co-founding The Tommy Dick Jr. Cancer Foundation with Trish Dick, Nancy and Ray Strother, as well as Tommy’s siblings and friends.

Refurbishing and racing antique cars was a life-long passion and he was a proud member of the P.O.E.T.S. Society, even planning a gathering on his front lawn up until his death. Tom loved music and was a musician in his early life, and said one of his proudest moments was being acknowledged for briefly managing the Corbin Hanner Band of Pittsburgh, PA.

Thomas Dick is preceded in death by his son, Thomas Dick Jr., sister, Susan D. Turnbull, brother, C. Gregory Dick, brother, J. Benjamin Dick, brother-in-law Alexander H Morrison II. He is survived by his beloved wife Patricia M. Dick and their tight-knit, blended family of children: Sara Wright and husband Andrew, Julia Caldwell and husband Gabriel, Leah Dick and partner Alex Blow, Brian Beck and wife Anay Beck, and Kyle Beck, and 9 wonderful grandchildren. He is also survived by his siblings John Dick and his wife, Sally, Anne Clare Morrison, Cecilia Burton and her husband Neil, and a host of beloved nieces and nephews.

A visitation will be held for Tom on Monday, August 25, 2025, from 6pm to 8pm with a service the following day, Tuesday, August 26, 2025, at 12pm all held at Omps Funeral Home, Amherst Chapel.  A reception will follow the interment at Winchester Country Club from 2pm to 5pm.
Interment will be in Mount Hebron Cemetery. Pastor C. Steve Melester will be officiating.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to The Tommy Dick Jr. Cancer Foundation. P.O. Box 128 Clearbrook, VA 22624.