![]() ![]() He ran several marathons, including the Boston Marathon twice in the 1970’s. He started running before the running craze really became a thing. Thomas was an avid runner, skier and hiker. Robert was a chiropractor often Thomas and Robert would joke that they should open a construction business and call it Pair-A-Docs Construction. Together, they built a home for Ellen and himself on French Pond in North Haverhill, New Hampshire. He also learned construction from his brother-in-law, Robert Barber. His last job was supervisor of the Reserve Reading Desk at Baker Library at Dartmouth College. He got his real estate license and worked in that field for several years. Thomas was a bit of a renaissance man after his teaching days were done. ![]() ![]() In June 1985, Thomas retired from teaching and he and Ellen returned to the upper valley of New Hampshire. In the midst of helping raise a family, he received his Master’s Degree in History from the University of New Hampshire and his Doctorate in History from the State University of New York at Albany. They still participate in those activities to this day thanks to him. He exposed them to outdoor interests like hiking, fishing and skiing. It was at Paul Smith’s that he and Ellen raised their children–daughters Cathy and Kelly and son Christopher. He coached the ski team for several years and later served as President of the local school board. Thomas began a 25 year teaching career at Paul Smith’s College where he taught, among other things, History and Government and Politics. After a trip to Seattle with the possibility of starting graduate school, they settled in Paul Smith’s, NY. On Decemhe married his grade school sweetheart, Ellen (Kingsbury). He was honorably discharged from the Air Force in July 1956, returned to Dartmouth and graduated in 1958. He excelled at alpine, cross country and jumping. He would say he was never that good having skied with him growing up, he was definitely that good. But he really was a fantastic skier, in fact so good that he had orders come from the Pentagon that sent him to Lake Placid for Olympic tryouts. He said they skied circles around him and he loved it. He frequently shared stories of skiing with national and international Olympians at Sun Valley. He worked on a flight line and he loved nothing more than to have pilots fly over Sun Valley and bring him back a snow report. He joined the United States Air Force in July 1952, spending one year in Texas and three years at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho not a bad place to be for someone who loved skiing. Self-admittedly, he liked to ski more than he liked to study and part way through his sophomore year, it was suggested by one of his professors that he go away for a little while so he could grow up. He excelled at skiing while at Lebanon High School and took his talents to Dartmouth College. ![]() He loved telling this story and said it was a miracle that the neighborhood never caught on fire. It was not uncommon for him to climb to the roof of their West Street home in Lebanon, attach a gasoline soaked rag to the tail, light the rag on fire and throw the burning plane off the roof. He was a bit of a daredevil as a child and model airplane building, especially fighter planes, was one of his first hobbies. He grew up in the midst of the Great Depression and World War II but was fortunate that both of his parents worked. Thomas Raymond Agan, 89, went to be with the Lord on November 4, 2022, after a brief illness.īorn Novemto Mercedes (Bennett) and Raymond Agan in Lebanon, NH, he was the oldest of two children and adored his younger sister Nancy (Barber). Funeral services are planned for September 2023 burial will take place at the Vermont Veteran’s Cemetary in Randolph, VT ![]()
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