
Thomas “Tom” Morley Schwarz, 61
Tom Schwarz, the big old, 6-foot Teddy Bear with a cute, endearing smile, died March 28, 2025, in Crystal Lake, after more than seven years of debilitating health, having suffered a traumatic brain injury. He was 61. He was born Nov. 18, 1963, near Cleveland, Ohio, the first son of Thomas C. and Joan (Morley) Schwarz. Tom was a staunch Green Bay Packers fan and football follower. He starred on football fields as a high school student in Texas and while in college at Carroll University, Waukesha, Wis. He proudly wore Packer paraphernalia year round and especially in the company of Bears fans. Tom met Lora Totton when they were freshmen at Carroll. On July 5, 1986, two months after