FAMILY PLACED OBITUARY

Thomas "Thom" J. McGarvey Jr.
26-Thom-McGarveyJan. 8, 2014 A memorial service for Thomas “Thom” J. McGarvey Jr. will be held Feb. 3 at the Saint Louis School/ Chaminade University Mystical Rose Oratory. Visitation will be from 5 p.m., followed by a service at 6:30 p.m. McGarvey, for more than three decades the executive director of the Miss Hawaii Scholarship Pageant, died Jan. 8 at age 70. He took the struggling beauty pageant to new heights beginning in 1981, bringing on live TV coverage and creating a foundation to provide scholarships for coeds seeking the Miss America title and expanded visibility for the pageant. Under his watch, he produced two Miss Americas from Hawaii: Carolyn Sapp in 1992 and Angela Baraquio in 2001.

Our deepest condolences to the family and friends of the deceased

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