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THOMAS J. SINENI Born in Buffalo, NY on October 26, 1943 and found his real home in San Antonio, Texas in the early 1970's. He built a successful real estate practice, United Commercial Realty. Tom's company was patterned after the Henry S. Miller Company founded in 1916 where he was a partner and stockholder. Tom, his wife, Guyla, and longtime business associate, Mike Gribble, set up UCR in 1993. This was Tom's single most important business achievement. It was Tom's vision to build a family company in which he could always be proud. Today, UCR and its partners are the most honorable and longstanding real estate professionals in the State. He greatly cared for his family. As his sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law grew up, got married and had their own families, he and Guyla took on the roles of Matriarch and Patriarch of the family. Tom's two natural children became Guyla's as well. Together they enjoyed all of the trials and tribulations of raising a family. His son, Michael Sineni, is married happily to Tammie, a native Texan whom he met in his adopted state of Colorado. Michael is a true adventurer unlike his father. He revels in the outdoors, hiking, climbing, biking, racing and worked in the retail area of this industry. He also had an exciting fling in law enforcement but his wife put a stop to this. Today he works for a multinational company in the oil and gas industry as a pipeline engineer. His daughter, Erin, finished her High School days in Houston with her mother. In the late 1990's she met a young man, Brad Mitchell, and they took traditional vows of marriage and she took on the responsibility to help raise their 2 ½ year old daughter, Skyla. In early 2000, they moved to San Antonio at much to Tom and Guyla's delight and on April 8, 2005, a wonderful child was born and a great change came over the family with Avery Kate Mitchell. She made an indelible mark on her Pampaw and GuyGuy. They find the time they spend with her brings happiness to all. Sineni is survived by family members in Buffalo, NY, including his Aunt, Marie Pellegrino, first cousins, Russell Pellegrino and his wife Marge, Michelle White and her husband, Ed and Rene Peller and Bennie Pacone. Also surviving are his extended family including his sisters-in-law, Sharan Rawson, Lisa Harmon and niece Rebecca Harmon of San Antonio, sister-in-law Barbara Dorsey and husband Craig and sons Peyton and Tommy of Fishers, Indiana. Sineni was Rey Feo 2004 and raised over $150, 000 for college scholarships. SERVICES Memorial services will be held at 1:30 PM on Thursday, February 4, 2010 at San Fernando Cathedral, 115 Main Plaza, San Antonio, Texas 78205. In lieu of flowers, Memorial Contributions may be made in his honor to Thrive Well Cancer Foundation, P.O. Box 29331, For Research, San Antonio, Texas 78229 or online at www.thrivewell.org, or to the University of Texas at San Antonio College of Business.

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Tom J Sineni

October 26, 1943 - January 31, 2010