BURLINGTON – Thomas “Tom” Oakley, formerly of Waterbury, died Christmas Day, Dec. 25, 2024, at his home in Burlington after a long illness. He is survived by his spouse James W. Beck.

We're in an English village shortly before Dunkirk. "Mr. Tom" Oakley still broods over the death of his wife and small son while he was away in the navy during WWI, and grief has made him a surly ...