Obits: Fulcomer, Thomas A, Indiana Co, PA
  
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   Thomas A. FULCOMER, 59, Dillsburg, and formerly of Latrobe, Greensburg and
  Huntingdon, died Saturday, Jan. 5, 2002, at Holy Spirit Hospital, Camp Hill.

  Born May 24, 1942, in Latrobe, he is survived by his wife, Marian (Corey)
  Fulcomer, and three children; Thomas M. Fulcomer, of Camp Hill; Julie F.
  Wiley, of Lawton, Okla.; and Jill R. Fulcomer, at home. A
  brother, William Fulcomer, of Newton Square, and a sister, Kathleen Jarosek,
  of California, also survive. He is also survived by three grandchildren. A
  brother, Larry Fulcomer, preceded him in death. Mr. Fulcomer was a member of
  St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church, in Mechanicsburg. He was a member of
  the American Correctional Association and the Pennsylvania Prison Warden's
  Association. A graduate of Derry Area High School, 
  he earned a bachelor's degree in education and a master's degree in guidance 
  and counseling at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He
  was a former speech therapist in the Greater Latrobe School District from
  1964-1969. Mr. Fulcomer began a long career in corrections as director of
  education at State Correctional Institution (SCI) Greensburg in 1969. Four
  and one-half years later her was named superintendent at Greensburg. Under
  his leadership, Greensburg became the first state correctional facility in
  the nation to be newly accredited under the standards of the National
  Commission on Accreditation for Corrections. Mr. Fulcomer remained at
  Greensburg and was appointed as superintendent at SCI Huntingdon in 1983. In
  1990, he was named deputy commissioner for the Western Region. In that position
  he was responsible for the oversight of nine correctional institutions.  He
  was deputy secretary for the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, Western
  Region. Jeffrey A. Beard, the secretary of corrections, said that "Tom will
  be missed and his absence felt by all 15,000 departmental employees. Without
  question he was the most universally liked employee within the department.
  His experience, competence and friendship are irreplaceable." 
  
  A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m.
  Wednesday, Jan. 9, in St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church with the Rev.
  Richard P. Waldron as celebrant. Burial will be in Gate of Heaven Cemetery.