Timothy T. Tyson, 76, died at home in El Macero on Nov. 29, following a brief period of illness. Timothy will be remembered as a steady and loving husband, an instructive and kind father and grandfather, and a collegial ethical and passionate patent lawyer. He will be deeply missed.
Timothy was born in Charleston, Ill., on March 6, 1943, to Dr. Hiram Frederick Thut and Elizabeth Howell Thut. Dr. Thut was a professor of botany at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston. After graduating from Vanderbilt University and Columbia Business School, Timothy moved to Los Angeles to work as a stockbroker for Dean Witter.
He attended Southwestern School of Law at night and became a member of the patent bar, the California State Bar and the Illinois State Bar. He practiced intellectual property law with Don Finkelstein at Finkelstein & Thut before joining the firm of Freilich, Hornbaker & Rosen. He later practiced law with longtime colleague Lawrence S. Cohen. Over the course of his career, Timothy obtained more than 300 patents and 500 trademarks on behalf of his clients. He held himself to the highest ethical standards as an attorney and treated clients, colleagues and litigation opponents with courtesy and respect.
Timothy met his wife Rosalind at a legal seminar on European Intellectual Property Rights in Los Angeles and their first date was for a concert by The Village People at the Greek Theater. When their first child was born, Timothy changed his universally mispronounced Swiss-German last name and substituted his middle name “Tyson.” The couple moved from Los Angeles to El Macero in 2016 to be near their grandchildren in Sacramento.
Timothy had a keen interest in family history and genealogy both for his wife’s side of the family (Dutch, Irish and Norwegian ancestors) and with respect to his own Swiss Mennonite and English forbears. He guided his own family members on trips to Switzerland, England, Norway and the Netherlands to visit newly found relatives as well as the towns and farms left behind by those who emigrated to the United States.
Timothy and his wife loved to travel and began taking their two children on various trips in Europe, Scandinavia and Russia when they were ages 5 and 9. When they became “empty nesters,” Tim and Roz expanded their travel itineraries to Japan, China, Egypt, the Holy Land, Southeast Asia and India.
When not working on a legal project, Timothy took great joy in nature; he was up early in the morning working in the garden, moving dirt, chopping trees and carrying out landscaping projects. He enjoyed taking things apart to see how they worked (such as his beloved 1974 Mercedes 450 SL) and playing with his grandchildren and their wooden train set.
Timothy is survived by Rosalind, his wife of 39 years, his son Timothy McDonald Tyson, his daughter Stephanie Tyson Spich (Stefan), grandchildren Alana, Erica and Sylvan Spich, and also by his sister EAnn Thut Hamilton of Dallas and his brother Frederick Howell Thut of Orange Park, Fla. Timothy is also survived by numerous cousins, nieces and nephews.
A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 21, at Fremont Presbyterian Church in Sacramento, to be followed by a reception. Burial will be at Davis Cemetery.
Timothy was born in Charleston, Ill., on March 6, 1943, to Dr. Hiram Frederick Thut and Elizabeth Howell Thut. Dr. Thut was a professor of botany at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston. After graduating from Vanderbilt University and Columbia Business School, Timothy moved to Los Angeles to work as a stockbroker for Dean Witter.
He attended Southwestern School of Law at night and became a member of the patent bar, the California State Bar and the Illinois State Bar. He practiced intellectual property law with Don Finkelstein at Finkelstein & Thut before joining the firm of Freilich, Hornbaker & Rosen. He later practiced law with longtime colleague Lawrence S. Cohen. Over the course of his career, Timothy obtained more than 300 patents and 500 trademarks on behalf of his clients. He held himself to the highest ethical standards as an attorney and treated clients, colleagues and litigation opponents with courtesy and respect.
Timothy met his wife Rosalind at a legal seminar on European Intellectual Property Rights in Los Angeles and their first date was for a concert by The Village People at the Greek Theater. When their first child was born, Timothy changed his universally mispronounced Swiss-German last name and substituted his middle name “Tyson.” The couple moved from Los Angeles to El Macero in 2016 to be near their grandchildren in Sacramento.
Timothy had a keen interest in family history and genealogy both for his wife’s side of the family (Dutch, Irish and Norwegian ancestors) and with respect to his own Swiss Mennonite and English forbears. He guided his own family members on trips to Switzerland, England, Norway and the Netherlands to visit newly found relatives as well as the towns and farms left behind by those who emigrated to the United States.
Timothy and his wife loved to travel and began taking their two children on various trips in Europe, Scandinavia and Russia when they were ages 5 and 9. When they became “empty nesters,” Tim and Roz expanded their travel itineraries to Japan, China, Egypt, the Holy Land, Southeast Asia and India.
When not working on a legal project, Timothy took great joy in nature; he was up early in the morning working in the garden, moving dirt, chopping trees and carrying out landscaping projects. He enjoyed taking things apart to see how they worked (such as his beloved 1974 Mercedes 450 SL) and playing with his grandchildren and their wooden train set.
Timothy is survived by Rosalind, his wife of 39 years, his son Timothy McDonald Tyson, his daughter Stephanie Tyson Spich (Stefan), grandchildren Alana, Erica and Sylvan Spich, and also by his sister EAnn Thut Hamilton of Dallas and his brother Frederick Howell Thut of Orange Park, Fla. Timothy is also survived by numerous cousins, nieces and nephews.
A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 21, at Fremont Presbyterian Church in Sacramento, to be followed by a reception. Burial will be at Davis Cemetery.
Timothy T. Tyson, 76, died at home in El Macero on Nov. 29, following a brief period of illness. Timothy will be remembered as a steady and loving husband, an instructive and kind father and grandfather, and a collegial ethical and passionate patent lawyer. He will be deeply missed.
Timothy was born in Charleston, Ill., on March 6, 1943, to Dr. Hiram Frederick Thut and Elizabeth Howell Thut. Dr. Thut was a professor of botany at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston. After graduating from Vanderbilt University and Columbia Business School, Timothy moved to Los Angeles to work as a stockbroker for Dean Witter.
He attended Southwestern School of Law at night and became a member of the patent bar, the California State Bar and the Illinois State Bar. He practiced intellectual property law with Don Finkelstein at Finkelstein & Thut before joining the firm of Freilich, Hornbaker & Rosen. He later practiced law with longtime colleague Lawrence S. Cohen. Over the course of his career, Timothy obtained more than 300 patents and 500 trademarks on behalf of his clients. He held himself to the highest ethical standards as an attorney and treated clients, colleagues and litigation opponents with courtesy and respect.
Timothy met his wife Rosalind at a legal seminar on European Intellectual Property Rights in Los Angeles and their first date was for a concert by The Village People at the Greek Theater. When their first child was born, Timothy changed his universally mispronounced Swiss-German last name and substituted his middle name “Tyson.” The couple moved from Los Angeles to El Macero in 2016 to be near their grandchildren in Sacramento.
Timothy had a keen interest in family history and genealogy both for his wife’s side of the family (Dutch, Irish and Norwegian ancestors) and with respect to his own Swiss Mennonite and English forbears. He guided his own family members on trips to Switzerland, England, Norway and the Netherlands to visit newly found relatives as well as the towns and farms left behind by those who emigrated to the United States.
Timothy and his wife loved to travel and began taking their two children on various trips in Europe, Scandinavia and Russia when they were ages 5 and 9. When they became “empty nesters,” Tim and Roz expanded their travel itineraries to Japan, China, Egypt, the Holy Land, Southeast Asia and India.
When not working on a legal project, Timothy took great joy in nature; he was up early in the morning working in the garden, moving dirt, chopping trees and carrying out landscaping projects. He enjoyed taking things apart to see how they worked (such as his beloved 1974 Mercedes 450 SL) and playing with his grandchildren and their wooden train set.
Timothy is survived by Rosalind, his wife of 39 years, his son Timothy McDonald Tyson, his daughter Stephanie Tyson Spich (Stefan), grandchildren Alana, Erica and Sylvan Spich, and also by his sister EAnn Thut Hamilton of Dallas and his brother Frederick Howell Thut of Orange Park, Fla. Timothy is also survived by numerous cousins, nieces and nephews.
A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 21, at Fremont Presbyterian Church in Sacramento, to be followed by a reception. Burial will be at Davis Cemetery.
Timothy was born in Charleston, Ill., on March 6, 1943, to Dr. Hiram Frederick Thut and Elizabeth Howell Thut. Dr. Thut was a professor of botany at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston. After graduating from Vanderbilt University and Columbia Business School, Timothy moved to Los Angeles to work as a stockbroker for Dean Witter.
He attended Southwestern School of Law at night and became a member of the patent bar, the California State Bar and the Illinois State Bar. He practiced intellectual property law with Don Finkelstein at Finkelstein & Thut before joining the firm of Freilich, Hornbaker & Rosen. He later practiced law with longtime colleague Lawrence S. Cohen. Over the course of his career, Timothy obtained more than 300 patents and 500 trademarks on behalf of his clients. He held himself to the highest ethical standards as an attorney and treated clients, colleagues and litigation opponents with courtesy and respect.
Timothy met his wife Rosalind at a legal seminar on European Intellectual Property Rights in Los Angeles and their first date was for a concert by The Village People at the Greek Theater. When their first child was born, Timothy changed his universally mispronounced Swiss-German last name and substituted his middle name “Tyson.” The couple moved from Los Angeles to El Macero in 2016 to be near their grandchildren in Sacramento.
Timothy had a keen interest in family history and genealogy both for his wife’s side of the family (Dutch, Irish and Norwegian ancestors) and with respect to his own Swiss Mennonite and English forbears. He guided his own family members on trips to Switzerland, England, Norway and the Netherlands to visit newly found relatives as well as the towns and farms left behind by those who emigrated to the United States.
Timothy and his wife loved to travel and began taking their two children on various trips in Europe, Scandinavia and Russia when they were ages 5 and 9. When they became “empty nesters,” Tim and Roz expanded their travel itineraries to Japan, China, Egypt, the Holy Land, Southeast Asia and India.
When not working on a legal project, Timothy took great joy in nature; he was up early in the morning working in the garden, moving dirt, chopping trees and carrying out landscaping projects. He enjoyed taking things apart to see how they worked (such as his beloved 1974 Mercedes 450 SL) and playing with his grandchildren and their wooden train set.
Timothy is survived by Rosalind, his wife of 39 years, his son Timothy McDonald Tyson, his daughter Stephanie Tyson Spich (Stefan), grandchildren Alana, Erica and Sylvan Spich, and also by his sister EAnn Thut Hamilton of Dallas and his brother Frederick Howell Thut of Orange Park, Fla. Timothy is also survived by numerous cousins, nieces and nephews.
A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 21, at Fremont Presbyterian Church in Sacramento, to be followed by a reception. Burial will be at Davis Cemetery.
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