Thomas "Levi" Combs

Thomas Levi Combs, known simply as Levi, left his earthly life on August 18, 2016.

A visitation will be on Tuesday, August 23rd from 5 to 7 pm at Hamilton’s near Highland Memory Gardens Funeral Home 121 NW 60th, Des Moines, IA 50313 and a funeral will take place on Wednesday, August 24th at 10 am at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 721 E 1st Street, Ankeny, IA 50021.

He was born October 29th, 1974, in Las Cruces, New Mexico to Charles and Terri Combs. He spent most of his childhood in Ridgecrest, CA.

Levi always had an insatiable desire to learn and discover new things. His desire for learning paved his way into three very different career paths. During his early adulthood, Levi worked in IT. He took a break from his job to travel and live in Indonesia for 9 months. It was there that he learned of people and saw much suffering. This experience changed Levi’s life profoundly. When he came back stateside, he moved up to Alaska and worked for an airline so that he could travel and see more of the world. He knew this was not his ultimate career passion, but it gave him the opportunity to see the world. Levi lived in Alaska for 7 years and in 2008, came down to Iowa to stay with some friends while recovering from a knee surgery. In early 2009, he met his wife to be and was married in June 2010 becoming not just a wonderful husband, but also the loving father to two daughters. It was during this time period that Levi decided to get into the health care field. His ultimate goal was to get the education and experience he needed so that he could live in a place without adequate medical care and help those less fortunate.

Levi was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, where as with everything else in his life, he tried to exemplify the teachings of Jesus Christ and learn to serve and love his neighbors. He often used the term neighbor (or friend) when talking with new people so that he could remember to ”Love thy neighbor as thyself”.

For fun, Levi enjoyed traveling, often taking his family on last minute adventures all over the Midwest and as often as he could out west to be with his siblings and parents. He also enjoyed listening and watching baseball and hockey, which are about the only two things he could sometimes sit still to watch.

Levi is survived by his beloved wife, Nicole and daughters Emily and Elizabeth; his loving parents, Charles and Terri Combs; Grandfather Berton Andreasen; his siblings, Cassie King (Jeff), Sarah Muhn (Sam), Matthew Combs (Eudelia) and Isaac Combs (Josh Houlet); mother in law Jeannie Swanson (Larry Dungy) and father in law Charles S. Crook III, and many other extended family members. He is preceded in death by his grandmother, Mary Beth Andreasen.

Levi’s zest for life and his love for his family will stand forever in our hearts. He is a good man, but if you told him that, he would say he was “just a dude”.

Condolences may be expressed at:
www.HamiltonsFuneralHome.com

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