THOMAS PATRICK CONRY

1948-2021

Thomas Patrick Conry passed away on November 1, 2021. He was born in Chicago on February 7, 1948, raised in the Kansas City area where he became an Eagle Scout, and graduated from Rockhurst Jesuit University there. He served in the Kansas National Guard and the U.S. Naval Reserve. Tom moved to Houston, Texas in 1972 and lived in the Heights since 1979. His professional career included 14 years in Houston with assignments in protocol and international visitor services with the Institute of International Education headquartered in New York. He then spent more than 23 years promoting trade and investment with Japan as the Director of U.S.Japan Relations in Houston for the Japan External Trade Organization headquartered in Tokyo.

Tom was a Eucharist Minister, served as a certified Catholic Chaplain at Omega House Hospice, and presided over a weekly Communion Service at All Saints Church in the Heights. At the Church, he donated an outdoor garden cross in memory of his family and supported preservation efforts in the Houston Heights Historic District. He was an original donor to the Discovery Green in downtown Houston and contributed to the Houston Parks Board Greenway 2020 initiative by underwriting a park bench and medallions in Bayou Greenways Park. Tom was a member of the Asia Society Texas Center, Jung Center, Holocaust Museum of Houston, Menil Collection, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and the Houston Botanic Garden. He was an avid advocate of the Oratory of St. Joseph in Montreal, where he was a Grand Associate, and a benefactor to the National Shrine of Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos in New Orleans. In September 2021, he was inducted into the Golden Hawks Society at Rockhurst Jesuit University in Kansas City, Missouri.

He leaves his brother Michael and wife Carol in Denver and their family Eric, Nicole, Mia, Kevin and Dylan in Miami; sisters Mary Kathryn in Houston and Teresa in Fort Worth; and brother John in the Oakland area. He was preceded in death by his father, Joseph, mother, Mary, brother-in-law, Bill Robinett and nephew, Chris.

Tom’s wishes were to have Masses said for his intention at any Catholic Church in lieu of flowers or other donations.

Tom will lie in state at St. Theresa Catholic Church in Memorial Park, 6622 Haskell Street, Houston, TX 77007 on November 16, 2021 at 9:00AM with the recitation of the rosary beginning at 9:30AM. A funeral Mass of Christian Burial will then be held in the church at 10:00AM. Interment will follow at Earthman Resthaven Cemetery. Services will be livestreamed at https://www.sttheresa.cc/funeralstream.