{"id":46148,"date":"2017-04-10T15:35:28","date_gmt":"2017-04-10T22:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/electricalnews.com\/?p=46148"},"modified":"2018-04-04T12:13:17","modified_gmt":"2018-04-04T19:13:17","slug":"thomas-anthony-geis-passes-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/electricalnews.com\/thomas-anthony-geis-passes-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Anthony Geis Passes Away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/electricalnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/T.G.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-46149\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/electricalnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/T.G.jpg?resize=600%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Thomas Anthony Geis Passes Away\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/electricalnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/T.G.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/electricalnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/T.G.jpg?resize=300%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/electricalnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/T.G.jpg?resize=315%2C157&amp;ssl=1 315w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thomas A. Geis passed away peacefully with his lifelong love Beverly at his side on January 31, 2017. Tom, as everyone knew him was 83.\u00a0 He was born February 3, 1933 in Dayton Ohio.\u00a0 His family moved to Phoenix in 1949 where his father, Walter Geis stated \u2018they could play golf 365 days a year\u2019.\u00a0 Tom was a passionate Golfer and always carried a low handicap and had 8 holes-in-one.<\/p>\n<p>Tom was also a passionate business man, After graduating from ASU in 1956 he worked for a local utility as an engineer.\u00a0 This was his introduction to the Electrical Industry where he stayed for the rest of his life.\u00a0 After a short time he realized that being an Independent Manufacturer\u2019s Representative in the Electrical Industry was a better fit for him, so he and Beverly started Geis Sales Inc.\u00a0\u00a0 Together they grew Geis Sales to be one of the largest and most respected sales agencies in Arizona, New Mexico and Southern Nevada.<\/p>\n<p>Tom, thinking it was time to take it easy and play more golf, sold his agency in 1997.\u00a0 It didn\u2019t take long for him to realize that staying home was not for him.\u00a0 To stay involved he went to work in Electrical Distribution and eventually returned to the agency business with a longtime friend and competitor where he spent almost 10 years until his passing.<\/p>\n<p>Along the way Tom made more friends than can be counted as he called on all segments of the industry.\u00a0 Tom was active in the The Electric League of Arizona, NAED, NECA, IECA and a member from the establishment of NEMRA.<\/p>\n<p>Tom will be missed by his many friends in the Electrical Industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 &nbsp; Thomas A. 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