Members of a Spanaway church are mourning a pastor who died Saturday after his motorcycle struck a car in Roy.
Thom Carlson, 43, of Puyallup was on his bike at the 32100 block of Eighth Avenue South when he hit a vehicle pulling into the parking lot of the Lacamas Community Club. The motorcycle had been traveling at a high rate of speed, according to Pierce County sheriff’s spokesman Ed Troyer. Carlson was taken to a hospital, where he died of his injuries.
Carlson served as pastor for six years at the Real Life Family Center in Spanaway. His congregation gathered to mourn the loss of the avid outdoorsman, who spent seven years in the Army and worked as a diesel mechanic and ranch hand in Montana before receiving his calling.
H.R. Huntsman, the lead pastor of the church, described Carlson as warm and outgoing. “We spent a lot of time riding motorcycles together,” Huntsman said. “Thom and I were very good friends, closer to each other than we were to our own brothers.”
Carlson leaves behind Sheri, his wife of 21 years. His family and congregation are planning a memorial service.
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