Thomas Rodriguez
December 2011
In December 2011, we ran a two-part story on the remarkable way in which a family of young scrap gold dealers in Houston came upon the missing and stolen player’s ring of the late Houston Buff Jerry Witte by first finding me through my writings and then the family so that the lost object could be returned to them at the purchase cost expended by the Rodriguez Brothers Westheimer Avenue Gold Exchange Store.
Here are the story lines and links to those two columns from December 2012:
A 2011 Baseball Christmas Story
https://thepecanparkeagle.wordpress.com/2011/12/24/a-2011-baseball-christmas-story/
https://thepecanparkeagle.wordpress.com/2011/12/29/lost-mlbpa-ring-rest-of-story/
On 8/17/2012, I received a grief-stricken phone call from Robert Rodriguez that the youngest brother Tomas had suddenly passed away from a previously unknown heart condition. He was just shaken to the bone with sadness, a compelling tribute to the closeness of the Rodriquez family. (There is a photo in the second column that contains an image of Tommy from last year. I recall him as a polite and caring young man. Of course, all the Rodriguez kin are that way. They are just such good people.
I am writing again today about the death to call your attention to a note I received as a column comment yesterday from family member Dee Rodriguez about a benefit they are planning for the family of the late Tomas Rodriquez. If any of you know the family, or would just like to participate because of all the good things these people do, here’s what Dee had to say and how you may reach her for further information:
Dee Rodriguez …
“Please be advised that a Fundraiser for Thomas Rodriguez will be held in Southern California at Kishi Restaurant in Upland CA on October 6-7. Our family has attended this restaurant for 20 years and this is there ACT OF KINDNESS. The owners are Japanese and suffered many losses of there people in the recent Tsunami.
“We have had a tremendous amount of request for reservations for the event. Press will be present and we hope to pass on the ACT OF KINDNESS! We have the Muslim, Christian as well as the Catholic Community supporting the fundraiser. We could have never imagined such support!!! We have Attorneys, Private Investigators, Hispanic Artist, Local Radio, Television supporting THE ACT of KINDNESS. Please come join us for a Japanese Lunch or Dinner on the 6th or 7th of October. We have had donations from as far away as Mexico City Mx and Egypt. Amazing!!!!!!
“Reservations can be made at 702-431-0354. See you there.
“You are so loved Thomas, people you have never met will be passing along your ACT OF KINDNESS. I still believe…………………… in Kindness. You were ment for this movement!”
May God bless the soul of the late Thomas Rodriguez and the entire Robert Rodriguez extended family.
The Pecan Park Eagle 
September 13, 2012 at 2:55 pm |
My heart goes out to these good people.
Mark