Beloved father and husband, Dr. Thomas J. Beno, Green Bay, Wisconsin, passed away on September 13, 2022 at the age of 101. He was born July 17, 1921, in Green Bay to the late John and Dorothy (Lurquin) Beno. Tom was the second born child of seven children and he was the last remaining of the seven siblings: Dorothy, Richard, Jerry, Patrick, John (Jack) and Mary Lou.

Growing up in Green Bay, he completed his primary education at the Cathedral Grade School and East Green Bay High School, class of 1939. He attended St. Norbert College graduating in 1943 with a BA degree in Chemistry. He then received acceptance to the University of Wisconsin Medical School, obtaining the Doctor of Medicine Degree, class of 1946. Internship was served at the St. Joseph's Hospital and Clinic, Marshfield, Wisconsin. The following five years were spent in hospital surgical residencies in Indiana, Ohio, and Milwaukee, culminating in his certification as a Diplomate of the American Board of Surgery, awarded in 1954.

Tom married Louvain Menard on July 9th, 1945 at St. Francis Xavier Cathedral and celebrated over 60 wonderful years of marriage until Lou's death in 2006. They had four children and enjoyed sailing, skiing, golfing and played bridge, sheepshead, cribbage and travelled the world together. It was a long and lovely marriage.

Tom was enlisted V- 12 midshipman in the US Navy while in medical school, followed by an honorable discharge in 1946. He later served a short tour of Duty as a Captain MC in the Wisconsin Air National Guard. His final active service began with an assignment in the US Army Hospital at Fort Riley, Kansas, followed by 8 months duty in Korea as the chief of surgery at the 14the Field Hospital, an accomplishment that merited his decoration with the Commendation Ribbon with Medal Pendant by the US Army in December 1953. A subsequent volunteer opportunity allowed him to participate in a two-month USAID program to provide medical care for destitute civilians in war torn Vietnam in 1967, in a small provincial hospital in Cantho VN. He survived the bombing of Cantho in August of 1967. He received awards for his work in Vietnam from USAID, the American Medical Association, and the Republic of Vietnam.

In his active professional career, he was a lifetime member of the Brown County Medical Society, and the American Medical Association. He was an active member of the Wisconsin Surgical Society from 1961, and served as president of that organization 1982-83. His fellowship in the American College of Surgeons dated from 1955.

Dr. Beno's private practice in general and thoracic surgery included 3 years in Muncie, Indiana, and 30 years in Green Bay. As a member of the medical staffs of all three of the Green Bay hospitals, his services included that of president of the medical staff of Bellin Hospital in 1969, and a member of its Board of Directors in 1970-71. He was a founding partner with Dr. John Dettman and Dr. Wallace MacMullan in establishing the Deckner Clinic in 1970. Among other community positions and services, he served as a surgical consultant to the VA Hospital in Iron Mountain, Mich., a volunteer medical director for the Brown County Civil Defense Org., a mayoral appointee to the Green Bay Board of Education and later serving as president of that Board in 1973-1974. He also fulfilled a ten-year term on the St. Norbert College Board of Trustees from 1986-1996, in addition to a period of service as a consultant to the Supreme Court of Wisconsin medical mediation panel.

He received the St. Norbert College Alma Mater Award in 1968, and the University of Wisconsin Medical Alumni Association Distinguished Service Award in 1986. Dr. Beno's autobiography, "Tom's Odyssey-A Surgical Profile" was published in 2000, and has been distributed widely with gifts to family, friends, and institutions. Throughout his active life, he managed to find time for golf, sailing, hunting and fishing, family travels and social affairs. He was a past member of the Oneida and Northbrook Golf Clubs, the American Legion, and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. In his world-wide travels with Lou, as evidenced in passport stampings, he set foot on 54 foreign countries and all seven continents, including Antarctica in 1990.

Tom was a longtime member of the St. Francis Xavier Cathedral Parish where he often attended weekday 8:00 a.m. masses after he retired, and was part of the coffee club after those masses.

He is survived by his four children, daughter Barbara (Dr. Mark) Jabbusch, Freeland, WA, daughter Dr. Becky (Bob) Turner, Ocean Springs, MS, son Thomas Beno Jr. (Gaby), Green Bay, WI, and son Christopher Beno (Kim). Green Bay, WI.

Grandchildren include Dr Kelly (Chris Burkhalter) Jabbusch of Dearborn, Mich., Christina (Eric) Merhar, Seattle, Wash., Lisa (Justin) Fuqua, Seattle, WA, Kristen and Nicklas Beno of Green Bay and Grace Beno of Chicago, Il. Great grandchildren - Myrna Burkhalter, Issac and Oliver Merhar and Miles and Desmond Fuqua.

He is also survived by a host of nieces and nephews, and their children and grandchildren.

A special thanks goes out to niece Vicki (VandenAvond) Rentmeester for all the love and time she shared with both Tom and Lou throughout the years and nephew Father Patrick Beno for visiting him often in his later years and saying private masses for him when he could no longer attend regular services.

Family and friends may visit at Ryan Funeral Home, 305 N. Tenth Street, De Pere, from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 6, 2022. Visitation will continue at St. Francis Xavier Cathedral, 140 S Monroe Ave, Green Bay, at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, October 7, 2022. A Mass of Christian Burial will begin at 11:00 a.m. with Father Patrick Beno officiating.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be directed to St. Francis Xavier Cathedral or St Agnes Parish in Green Bay.