Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Kinberg, Thomas Rodger October 23, 2016
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The Daily Sitka Sentinel (AK) November 4, 2016
Former Sitkan Thomas Rodger Kinberg passed away from cancer on Oct. 23, 2016, 
surrounded by the love of his family and dog Ozzie, at his home in Stockton, 
Calif. He was 79.
He was born Jan. 24, 1937, in Sitka, and was delivered by an Alaskan Native 
midwife. He was the youngest of five children of Marvin Chase Kinberg, a 
commercial fisherman, and Alpha (Barclay) Kingberg. The other children were 
Marvin Kinberg Jr., Fay Nelson, Susie Sturm and Rosie Reed.
He was raised in Sitka and played basketball for Sitka High School. His junior 
year, 1954, the Wolves won the All-Alaska High School Championship, the only 
time a Sitka team has accomplished this feat.
After high school graduation, he spent some time working on the family 
wilderness ranch (at Iris Meadows on Kruzof) before enlisting in the U.S. Navy. 
He was chosen to attend the Naval Academy Prep School and the Naval Academy, 
graduating in 1961.
While at the Naval Academy, Tom was the stroke for the freshman crew team. This 
instilled in him a lifelong love of rowing.
Three days after graduating he married Sarah Leigh, from Norfolk, Va., in the 
Naval Academy chapel. They were blessed with two children, Tom Jr. and Sarah 
Leigh Kinberg. Tom Jr. (Christi) lives and works in Lincoln City, Ore., and 
Sarah Leigh Nehring (Andreas) works and lives in Senden, Germany, when not in 
Gibles, France.
The four grandchildren are Steven Tellyer, Michael Kinberg, Timothy Kinberg, and 
Laura Kinberg; and the two great-grandchildren are Andrew Tellyer and Adelaide 
Tellyer.
After spending six years as a naval officer, primarily at sea, he resigned his 
commission to enter the FBI as a special agent in 1968. After the first office 
assignment to Springfield, Ill., (Decatur RA) he was sent to Sacramento, Calif., 
in 1969, where he was assigned to the Stockton Resident Agency. He remained 
there until his retirement.
While in the FBI, Tom was commended by the Director for a number of high profile 
cases where he worked as an investigator and hostage negotiator. They included 
an aircraft hijacking, bank robberies and kidnapping. He was also a police 
instructor for the FBI. He was Senior Resident Agent in charge of the Stockton 
Resident Agency at the time of his retirement, in 1988.
He founded the Stockton Rowing Club in 1980, which is still in existence. He 
became a volunteer coach for the University of Pacific crew team. His proudest 
moment in 1983 was when UOP won the West Coast Championship in the four-man 
shell.
After retirement Tom went into the charter fishing business in Sitka with his 
brother Marv. When his brother passed away a year later, he continued to operate 
the "Tackle Box" for another eight years.
He was a very involved parent and Tom's community service included Scoutmaster, 
Little League coach and administrator, and 4-H leader.
The family had a number of foreign exchange students in their home, from 
Finland, France, Japan, New Zealand, Australia and Denmark. They became an 
important part of his family and his life. His greatest joy came from his 
precious family and awesome friends.

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