Thomas F. Qualls, Sr.,

Thomas F. Qualls, Sr., of Fallbrook, California, died peacefully after 89 years of joyful life on March 1, 2018 under the loving eyes of our Lord, family members, and caregivers from The Heathers of Costa Mesa and Hospice of Southern California. He was surrounded in spirit by members of his family who will always remember him for his strength in the face of adversity, tenacity, and his driving ambition.

His greatest legacy is the strong and loving family he began as a young Marine married to "nurse-Jean", whom he met and married after returning wounded from the Korean War. His close family was...