Tony was born in Ontario, Oregon and grew up on a dairy farm in Emmett, Idaho. After High School in 1963, he went to school in Denver, Colorado where he met his best friend, Joanne Foster. They married in 1966 as Tony started his electrical engineering career with IBM. Tony graduated from Regis College with a BS in Technical Management and minors in Sociology and Economics. They had two children, Marece and Ty. Joanne began attending Ladies Bible Class at the Longmont, Colorado Church of Christ where she and Tony were baptized into Christ in 1970. At the Longmont congregation, Tony served as deacon over several ministries and as an elder before IBM moved them to Austin, Texas in 1990. They found the Westside Church of Christ, a little startup congregation that was committed to holding to the Word, and placed their membership with them. Tony retired from IBM in 1996 and is currently working for IBM as a Senior Software Consultant. He served as deacon at Westside for several years and began serving as elder in 2000. Tony and Joanne are blessed with two children who are faithful in the Word and raising their families in the church. Marece and her husband Cameron have a three-year-old daughter, Malynn, and just gave birth to twins, Alexander and Alayna. Ty and his wife Ann have one daughter, Nicole, and are expecting their second daughter in March of 2002.

Tony and Joanne are faithful Christian believers of the Word as laid out in the New Testament. They believe that everyone can live righteous lives if they desire to follow Christ. It’s a simple process to hear the Word, believe in it, confess Christ, repent of their sins, and be baptized for the remission of their sins and follow after Him. In this manner, they will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit, which will dwell in them and help them find their way. 

e-mail:tonythornock@wscoc.org