Thomas J. Mackowski, Sr., 79, of Rocky Hill, beloved husband for 56 years of Joan Carol (Sheltz) Mackowski, died Thursday, February 24, 2011 at St. Francis Hospital. He was born in Hartford and had lived in Wethersfield before moving to Rocky Hill 23 years ago. Prior to his retirement, he worked for Holo-Krome, Newington for over 30 years. He was a communicant of St. James Church where he served as an usher. He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean Conflict. He was a survivor of the Ringling Brothers Circus disaster. Besides his wife he is survived by a son, Thomas Mackowski, Jr. and his wife Regina of Beaumont, TX, a daughter, Donna Campanello and her husband Dennis of Rocky Hill, four grandchildren, Gina Mackowski and her husband Travis Ralls, Daniel, Dale and Jody Campanello, and two great grandchildren, a sister, Katherine Brooks and her husband Gerry of Glastonbury. The funeral will be Tuesday, March 1, 2011, 8:45 a.m. from The Dillon-Baxter Funeral Home, 1276 Berlin Tpke. Wethersfield, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial, 9:30 a.m. in St. James Church, 767 Elm Street, Rocky Hill. Burial will be in Rose Hill Memorial Park. Friends may call at Dillon-Baxter Funeral Home Monday, 5-8 p.m. Contributions in his memory may be made to a charity of the donors choice. To share a memory with the family, please visit, www.dillonbaxter.com.