Tom was born in Tacoma, Washington, and graduated from White Pass High School in Randle. He died at Mason General Hospital in Shelton. Tom enjoyed drawing and other types of artistic endeavors. He was very talented.

Tom was a member of the Blackfeet Tribe in Browning, Montana, under his biological mother’s name, Afterbuffalo. His biological father was Navajo.

Tom resided in Shelton, Washington for many years. His dad, John Thompson, and his mother, Ilene Blessing, his Pop Jim Blessing, sister Rhonda Munson, brothers Jason and James Blessing II, as well as many other family members, will miss him terribly.