THOMAS “TOM” RIELLY MCCAULEY

By superadmin | May 12, 2025

THOMAS “TOM” RIELLY MCCAULEY

Thomas “Tom” Rielly McCauley, 64, of St. Charles, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, May 6, 2025, at The Kavanauh House in Des Moines, Iowa, with his family by his side.

Tom was born on March 21, 1961, in Kirksville, Missouri, the son of John “Jack” Edward and Elnor “Evie” Yvonne Hettinger McCauley.

He graduated from the Knox County High School in the Class of 1979. Tom continued his education at (AIB) American Institute of Business College in Des Moines, Iowa and attained an accounting degree, and became a CPA in 1989.

He had worked for Stroh Corporation of Des Moines, Iowa, as their CFO for more than 20 Years and retired in 2020.

He was a member of the St. Joseph Catholic Church in Edina, Missouri. He completed three Iron Man Competitions in Hawaii, Wisconsin, and Arizona; and enjoyed gardening, canning, tending to his bee’s, rebuilding tractors and small engines but most of all he loved spending time with his grandchildren. He will be missed and as his Grandma Rose McCauley would say, “Thank You, I will dance at your wedding! After his diagnosis he found comfort in a Dr. Suess saying that he carried with him “Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened!”

On November 5, 2005, in Des Moines, Iowa, Tom married Kirsten Diane Larson.

Tom is survived by his wife, Kirsten McCauley of St. Charles, Iowa, and his sons, Andrew (Katherine) McCauley of Des Moines, Iowa, and their children, Maddie and David, and Nicholas McCauley of Colfax, Iowa; his mother, Evie McCauley of Edina, Missouri; brothers and sisters, Christina McCauley of Edina, Missouri and her sons, Jason (Cheryl) McCauley of Warrensburg, Missouri and their children, Jacob, Nellena and Sophia; Christopher (Jessica) McCauley of Blue Springs, Missouri and their son Cayden and daughter Kennedy; Ronald (Dawn) McCauley of Edina, Missouri and their daughter, Rachel (Jacob) McKenzie, and their children Michael, Emma and John of Lewistown, Missouri, a son, Joseph (Allison) McCauley of the Platte City, Missouri; Cynthia “Cindy” (Chuck) Long of Greentop, Missouri and their daughter Katie (Tom) Heywood of Grain Valley, Missouri and their children, Quinn, Logan, and Owen, a son, Austin of Greentop, Missouri; (Patrice) McCauley of St. Thomas, Pennsylvania and their sons, Zachary (Samatha) and their daughters, Gabrielle, Isabelle, and Estelle, Mark and his son, Lucas, Aaron “AJ” (Devonna) McCauley and their daughter June all of Jacksonville, Florida and Brian; Dennis McCauley of Fredericksburg, Virginia, and his sons, Daniel (Kendall) McCauley and Matthew and a daughter, Lauren; Robert (Saturday) McCauley of Sedalia, Missouri; their sons, Caleb (Macoya) and their children, Keden, Kota, Kwahu, Kenai and Talluluah, Dillon and Seth (Yesi) and their children, Roy and Raine, a daughter, Stormy and her fiancé, Matt Thomas and their children, Aspen, and Ivory; Corrine (Jacob) Nelson of Warrensburg, Missouri and their children, Ember, Dillon, Hannah and Jackson; a sister-in-law, Melissa McCauley Burow of Edina, Missouri and their children Gabriel, Alexandra and her daughter, Naomi; and Grace (Jaquerious) Jordan and their son Josiah; along with several cousins, a host of friends, and his fur babies, Molly and Rielly.

Tom was preceded in death by his father, Jack McCauley on March 20, 2012; and his brother, Tim McCauley on November 15, 2014.

Visitation and a Mass of Christian Burial were held Saturday, May 10, 2025, at the St. Joseph Catholic Church in Edina, Missouri.

Burial was in the St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery in Edina, Missouri.

An expression of sympathy in memory of Thomas McCauley may be left to the Knox County Cancer Fund. A memorial may be left at or mailed to the Doss Funeral Home 208 N. 4th Street, Edina, Missouri 63537.