Fulton County Ohio Media

During a break in the action of the Swanton/Evergreen football game last Friday night, the Evergreen community honored 90-year-old Tom Herr as it’s “Hometown Hero” for his service to his country in the U.S. Army.  A small bio was read to the crowd from the press box as Tom stood in front of the grandstand alongside several family members.  The bio read:

Thomas Ambrose Herr, affectionately known as “Tom Herr from Metamora, Ohio” or “Tomato Tom” to his Florida friends, is a long-standing local farmer who served in the United States Army in the 1950’s and 1960’s.  Tom joined the reserves and served for a total of 10 years.  His last year and a half of service time, he was moved to active duty for the Berlin Crisis.  He was in the Tank Division and stationed in Fort Stewart, Georgia, when he came home during a three-day leave to purchase his first farm in his hometown in 1962.  Since the 1890’s Tom’s family has been farming in northern Fulton County.  Today, Tom is the Patriarch to his family in Fulton County that is now operating in its fifth generation.

Tom married his wife, Lynn in 1957 and together they had five children.  They have 12 grandchildren and two of them went on to serve in the military.  Tom has 10 great grandchildren, five of which are currently attending Evergreen High School (Braden, Riley, Brody, Jaret and Hayes Studenka).

A fun fact about Tom and his family is they have had a family member attend Evergreen Local Schools every year since 1970.  To know Tom is to love him.

Photo Credit: Tina Studenka – (L to R): Riley, Jaret, Braden, Tom Herr, Hayes, Brody