Thomas Michael Taglavore
Thomas Michael Taglavore was born August 15, 1949, in Shreveport,
La., to Joseph and
Chattie L.V. (Brown) Taglavore.
He died at the age of
72 on April 13, 2022, at his residence.
He graduated in 1967, from the 7th Day Adventist Academy in Scottsdale, Ariz., and attended Phoenix College. He served as an Army
Medic from 1969 to 1975 and completed a tour in Vietnam while attached to the 71st Medevac Hospital located in Pleiku. After his return from Vietnam, he built a successful Auto Upholstery shop, simply known as “Tag’s Auto Upholstery” on Camelback Road in Phoenix. In 1993, he decided to go back to the medical field and retired in 2013 from the Fayetteville Veterans Medical Center where he was a Respiratory Therapist providing medical care to his Veteran comrades.
He is survived by his wife of over 40 years, Michelle; his only child, Angela Marie Taglavore; his grandson, Abrum Michael Warren, all of Bella Vista; his brothers, Alphonse Taglavore of Dallas, Anthony Taglavore of Nashville, Patrick Taglavore of Maryland; and his sister, Virginia Taglavore of Maryland.
A casual celebration of life is being planned for family and friends in the upcoming days. He will be laid to rest at the National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona in Phoenix at a later date.
Online condolences at funeralmation.com.
Arrangements by Bella Vista Funeral Home & Crematory.