Tom DeNicholas

Director of Sacred Music/Organist, BSC and SJC

Born in Youngstown, but raised in Warren, Tom was educated at St. James Elementary School and is a 1969 Graduate of John F. Kennedy High School. He attended the Ohio State University, majoring in music history and theory, and was a member of the OSU Marching Band and the Men’s Glee Club. Tom finished his undergraduate studies at Youngstown State University and received his MBA from the University of Phoenix. Tom worked for over 30 years at Packard Electric here in Warren and El Paso, Texas, retiring in 2011. While in El Paso, he formed a 30-voice choir at the local parish that he and his family joined while living there.

Tom began his musical career while in grade school at St. James. He continued to play on the weekends while in school locally. When he returned from Ohio State, a former high school teacher asked if he would be willing to accompany the newly formed choir at St. James and he agreed. That was 50 years ago this past June, and he has been the organist/Choir director for many of those years. Tom was also a member of several combos that played for wedding receptions and other get-togethers in the area.

Tom has 2 children, Erin and Scott, with his late wife, Beth and is now happily married to Delilah Waldron-DeNicholas since 2016, who completed her RCIA studies and was initiated at Blessed Sacrament Church.