Great-grandfather, Superior Court judge, was active in community 

Retired Judge Thomas Francis Nuss, 92, died January 14 after a long illness. He leaves behind a broad, enduring, and distinguished legacy.

Tom received his B.A. degree from The College of the Holy Cross in 1954, and his LLD from Fordham University School of Law in 1960. He served in the United States Marine Corps from 1950 to 1953. After moving to California, he and his law partner founded Moran & Nuss in 1963. In 1975 he was appointed to the bench of the Los Angeles Superior Courts. He retired from the bench in 1995, and continued his career as an arbitrator and mediator for JAMS and IVAMS.

He was well known to his friends and associates for his involvement in community. He was a councilman and mayor of San Dimas; involved in Little League and Pop Warner football; former president of Southern California Football Officials Association, Citrus Division; director and former chairman of the board of Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center; director of the Los Angeles County Fair Association, McKinley Children’s Center and YMCA; and was a founding member, director and past president of the San Dimas Festival of Western Arts.

He leaves behind his wife of 30 years, Susan; children and stepchildren Marie Crowther, John Nuss, Ann Beal, Catherine Ford, Carolyn Ashley, Mary (Katie) Nuss, Patrick Merkel, Jennifer Hodge, and Robert Wilson; nineteen grandchildren; thirteen great-grandchildren; and sisters, Dorothy Finnegan and Edna Leyden.

A celebration of his life will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 2, at the Meeting House at Hillcrest, 2705 Mountain View Dr., La Verne, CA 91750.

In lieu of flowers, donations are encouraged to Pomona Valley Community Hospital Medical Center at pvhmc.org/giving-support, or Hillcrest Benevolence Funds at livingathillcrest.org/giving.

Arrangements are under the care of Forest Lawn, Covina, CA.