Thomas John Hynes, better known as “T” to his many friends, age 65 years, of Raritan Township, NJ, died on Tuesday, February 15, 2022 at Hunterdon Medical Center after a long illness.

Born and raised in Elizabeth, NJ, Tom also spent time growing up in Roselle, NJ and was proud of his Central New Jersey roots. He has lived in Hunterdon County for over forty years.

Initially a precise welder and an amazing truck driver, Tom would move to the field of mechanical engineering and worked using AutoCAD for over twenty years with the firm of Binsky & Snyder, Piscataway, NJ.

Tom was always doing something outdoors, and anyone who knew him is probably smiling as they are picturing him right now on his beloved ’62 HD panhead motorcycle, riding down the road, enjoying life. Riding since the age of 15, he was a proud member of the Red Knights International Motorcycle Club.

Making friends wherever her traveled, Tom was also a proud falconer and longtime member of the New Jersey Falconry Club.

Though he had been ill for several years, his love and family and friends had pushed him to continue to live his life to the fullest and his death comes as a shock to many. Tom would not want anyone reading this to spend too much time being sad, but rather to go out and live each day to the fullest, preferably with those they love, an of course, on a motorcycle! He will be greatly missed, and always remembered.

Preceded in death by his father, John (Jack) Hynes and mother, Janet Martinsen Webster, Tom was also preceded in death by his sister, Carol Hynes and his grandparents, Lechi and Lefty Hynes.

Surviving are his wife, Risa; his son and daughter-in-law, Jarrett and Julie Hynes; his daughter, Kristyn; his five loving grandchildren, Jaxon, Jacob, Hailey, Audra, and Evelyn Hynes; a sister and brother-in-law, Holly and Tim; his niece, Lyndsey; his nephew, Cameron; and many, many loving friends.

Tom will lie in repose on Friday, February 18, 2022 from 1:00-3:00 p.m. in the Chapel of Wright & Ford Family Funeral Home and Cremation Services, 38 State Highway 31, Flemington, NJ.

Cremation will be private under the direct supervision of the Wright & Ford Licensed Care Team Family.

You are encouraged to visit Tom’s permanent life celebration site at www.wrightfamily.com to light a candle of hope, leave messages of condolence, share words of comfort and recollection, and post photographs of his life.

For those who wish, contributions in Tom’s honor may be to the charity of one’s choice.

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Wright & Ford, your local, family owned & operated “Life Celebration Home”